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Hardcover Oaths and Vows: Words as Genesis Book

ISBN: 311132348X

ISBN13: 9783111323480

Oaths and Vows: Words as Genesis

Oaths, vows, promises, curses - all share family resemblances. They are performatives, carrying illocutionary force. Oaths have rightly been termed, "conditional self-curses", promises have been argued to be but a more developed form of vows, and oaths and vows are often used interchangeably. This book focuses on private vows and oaths including those publically proclaimed.

Through analysis of legal, liturgical, mythical and literary...

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