PRAGMALINGUISTIC APPROACH TO THE BIBLICAL TEXTS

Abstract

This exposition aims to establish a conceptual-theoretical basis for the analysis of a biblical text from the communicative and pragmatic perspec­tives. The pragmatic value of the Word contained in the Scripture is not a recent discovery, because the Scripture itself explains that the Word of God does not return to its Author without having produced its effect (Isa 55:11). Nevertheless, what is recent is the pragmalinguistic application to the study of the biblical texts and to their relative contexts in which the reading occurs. This research counts on the collaboration of some renowned exegetes who, in the last three decades, have dedicated themselves to the task of writing the maiden pages of pragmatic linguistics within the biblical milieu.