A pragmatic study of vow in biblical verses

الملخص EN

This paper investigates, pragmatically, the biblical verses of vow.

It attempts to achieve the following aims: (1) identifying the types of biblical vows; (2) investigating the speech act theory in relation to vow; (3) identifying the pragmatic components used in making vows; (4) finding out how rhetorical devices are utilized in making vow; (5) and using an eclectic model for the analysis of biblical texts of vows.

To achieve the aims of this study, it is hypothesized that:(1) there are different types of vow used in the Bible; (2)the speech act theory has a role to play in making vow that all texts of vow are made according to the felicity conditions of the speech act of vow; (3) vows are made by using different pragmatic components like the use of speech act of vow, politeness principles, presuppositions, and deixis; (4) persuasion, repetition including (full repetition, parallelism, and chiasmus), irony, and symbol, as rhetorical devices, can be utilized in making vows.

The following procedures have been followed:(1) reviewing the literature about biblical vows along with some pragmatic notions such as speech act of vow, politeness principle, presupposition, deixis, and some rhetorical devices like persuasion, repetition including full repetition, parallelism, and chiasmus, irony, and symbol, (2) analyzing five biblical texts containing vow according to the model developed by this study.