Leben als Zeichen

Krispenz, Jutta

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“…Friebel (1998:383-384) investigated 'sign-acts' in Jeremiah and Ezekiel as forms of rhetorical nonverbal communication and concluded that the different sign-acts were motivated by the intent to communicate 'specific message content'. Krispenz (2004) did a pioneering performance study of sign-acts that focused on the centrality of the body in the communication of prophecy. In a similar vein, Ott (2009:28) described the prophetic 'sign-acts' as 'Analogiehandlungen' that were intended to stimulate attention for an important matter.…”

Section: Combining Performance Criticism With Symbolic Interactionismmentioning

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The naked truth or prophecy as folly? A performative interpretation of Isaiah 20

Bosman

2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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How does one make sense of a naked prophet who walked the streets of Jerusalem for no less than three years? This contribution interpreted the ambulatory naked prophet in Isaiah 20 as a sign-act by means of symbolic interactionism and performative interpretation according to which symbolic or sign-acts are multivalent entities. Isaiah 20 was interpreted as an embodied, multivalent text that invited ongoing appropriation among subsequent audiences while exploring the potential meaning(s) of the initial act within the parameters of text and context. It is presupposed that human beings reinterpret symbolic acts in different subsequent contexts and that a symbolic act should never be reduced to one single (original!) meaning – this reinterpretation process is illustrated by the Septuagint translation of Isaiah 20. Furthermore, the question will be posed how one could interpret and appropriate a disruptive and ‘foolish’ prophetic and symbolic act of public exposure – Isaiah as an ‘agent provocateur’?Contribution: The performative critique of Isaiah 20 drew attention to the neglected multivalent character of the initial sign-act that enabled ongoing appropriations (‘Fortschreibung’) in new contexts of competing power relations. At first the sign-act was relevant for its pre-exilic audience, then for the post-exilic and even later for a Hellenistic audience by means of the Septuagint version. It also illustrated that text interpretation can be a catalyst that unsettles and disrupts power (within and beyond academic and believing communities), even when it is considered folly.

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Section: Combining Performance Criticism With Symbolic Interactionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The naked truth or prophecy as folly? A performative interpretation of Isaiah 20

Bosman

2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Leben als Zeichen

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The naked truth or prophecy as folly? A performative interpretation of Isaiah 20

The naked truth or prophecy as folly? A performative interpretation of Isaiah 20

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