By Yael Ziegler
Whereas many reviews discover the literary function of the oath more often than not literature, none have contended with the function of the oath within the biblical narratives. This learn seeks to fill that vacuum. the 1st component to this learn examines the literary value of many of the oath formulae that seem in biblical narratives, concentrating on anomalous formulations of the respective oath formulae. the second one component to this learn explores the narratives surrounding characters, Saul and David, either one of whom usually interact in oath-making. The oaths taken by means of, to and approximately those characters replicate the narrative itself, and serve as as a prism by which the character's occupation is refracted. This research demonstrates that by means of perceiving the oath as a literary gadget for plot and personality improvement, extra or extra unique meanings will be published within the biblical tales.
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1295; Pope, Oaths, p. 575; Brichto, Curse, p. 2; Loewenstamm, שבועה, p. 480; Fensham, Oath, p. 572; Cartledge, שבע, pp. 32–33; Anderson, Nature and Function, p. 13. Greenberg, Oath, p. 1295, begins by defining an oath as a self-curse. Some scholars regard the flip side as true as well: when the oath is upheld, it is intrinsically associated with benedictions (Fensham, Oath, p. 572). Lehmann, Biblical Oaths, p. 77, maintains that oaths originally contained both curses and blessings. Eventually, curses predominate and become synonymous with the oath.
12–13. Fensham, Oath, p. 572, cites Hittite vassal-treaties, the Assyrian vassal-treaties of Esarhaddon and the Aramaic vassal-treaty of Sefire as examples in which the oath and its incorporated curses are an explicit part of the treaty. 91 This omission was already pointed out by Mendenhall, Covenant, p. ” Once again, it is necessary to comment that the absence of an oath in these covenants does not prove that an oath was not taken. In fact, Magnetti’s conclusion (Oath, p. 67), that the swearing of an oath was “an essential part of treaty-making,” supports the presence of an oath in any covenant even if it is not explicitly recorded in the biblical text.
18 As proof that not all words retain objective power, Thiselton, Supposed Power, brings several biblical examples in which an antidote is found for an uttered curse. 11 12 28 chapter two 11:35–36). Saul likewise regards his oath as irreversible, preferring to put his son to death rather than violate the terms of his oath (I Sam. 14: 39, 44). The vision of the flying scroll in Zechariah (5:1–4) poignantly conveys the biblical perception of the power of words. 19 This apparition succinctly communicates the imagined power of the word to the biblical man; words can consume and destroy, a mere utterance retains vast power.