Buitendag, Johan2018-08-292018-08-2920182017Cho, P 2017, The speech-act theory in theological hermeneutics, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66352>A2018http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66352Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.This dissertation offers an interdisciplinary analysis of some features of the Speech- Act Theory in biblical hermeneutics. It highlights some of the probable aspects of the studied analysis regarding hermeneutic issues within biblical and theological analysis. The paper shall describe the philosophical interpretation of the examination of the Speech-Act Theory. It will focus on the principles and standards of demarcating the Speech-Acts and allocating the written texts theory. The paper shall also describe the difference between ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ speech acts. The dissertation shall commence by analysing the main concerns about the speech act theory. It will concentrate on the works of Thiselton and Vanhoozer’s works and modifies their works with the aim of highlighting some of the key elements of their hermeneutics. Therefore, the dissertation shall offer the views of Thiselton and Vanhoozer and differentiate their two different views of the Speech-Act Theory in the field of the hermeneutics in search for a third option.en© 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.UCTDSpeech-act theoryVanhoozerThiseltonTheological hermeneuticsBiblical interpretationTheology theses SDG-04SDG-04: Quality educationTheology theses SDG-10SDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesTheology theses SDG-16SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsDissertation