Divine Discourse Philosophical Reflections on the Claim That God Speaks

Name: Divine Discourse Philosophical Reflections on the Claim That God Speaks
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ISBN: 9780521475570

ISBN-10: 0521475570

ISBN-13: 9780521475570

Edition: 1995

Authors: Nicholas Wolterstorff

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Prominent in the canonical texts and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the claim that God speaks. The author argues that contemporary speech-action theory offers us a way of interpreting this claim and showing its intelligibility.

Book details

List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/5/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Preface



Locating our topic



Speaking is not revealing



The many modes of discourse



Divine discourse in the hands of theologians



What it is to speak



Could God have and acquire the rights and duties of a speaker?



Can God cause the events generative of discourse?



In defense of authorial-discourse interpretation: contra Ricoeur



In defense of authorial-discourse interpretation: contra Derrida



Performance interpretation



Interpreting the mediating human discourse: the first hermeneutic



Interpreting for the mediated divine discourse: the second hermeneutic



Has Scripture become a wax nose?



The illocutionary stance of Biblical narrative



Are we entitled?



Historical and theological afterword; Endnotes


Index