04756nam a2200709Ki 4500 ocn861693035 OCoLC 20200709055914.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 131029s1995 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781461949121 (electronic bk.) 1461949122 (electronic bk.) 0521475392 9780521475396 0521475570 9780521475570 (OCoLC)861693035 616952 (N$T) BT180.W67 W65 1995eb REL 067000 bisacsh 231/.014 22 11.02 bcl N$TA Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Divine discourse : philosophical reflections on the claim that God speaks / Nicholas Wolterstorff. Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995. 1 online resource (x, 326 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-324) and index. "Divine discourse comprises Nicholas Wolterstorff's philosophical reflections on the claim that God speaks. This claim figures large in the canonical texts and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, but there has been remarkably little philosophical reflection on it, in good measure (so Professor Wolterstorff argues) because philosophers have mistakenly assimilated divine speech to divine revelation. He embraces contemporary speech-action theory as his basic approach to language; and after expanding the theory beyond its usual applications, concludes that the claim that God performs illocutionary actions is coherent and entails no obvious falsehoods. Moving on to issues of interpretation, he considers how one would interpret a text if one wanted to find out what God was saying thereby. Prominent features of this part of the discussion are his defense, against Ricoeur and Derrida, of the legitimacy of interpreting a text to find out what its author said, and his analysis of the double hermeneutic involved when the discourse of one person is appropriated into the discourse of another person. The book closes with a discussion of the epistemological question of whether we are entitled to believe that God speaks."--Jacket. Preface -- 1. Locating our topic -- 2. Speaking is not revealing -- 3. The many modes of discourse -- 4. Divine discourse in the hands of theologians -- 5. What it is to speak -- 6. Could God have and acquire the rights and duties of a speaker? -- 7. Can God cause the events generative of discourse? -- 8. In defense of authorial-discourse interpretation: contra Ricoeur -- 9. In defense of authorial-discourse interpretation: contra Derrida -- 10. Performance interpretation -- 11. Interpreting the mediating human discourse: the first hermeneutic --12. Interpreting for the mediated divine discourse: the second hermeneutic --13. Has Scripture become a wax nose? -- 14. The illocutionary stance of Biblical narrative --15. Are we entitled? --16. Historical and theological afterword -- Notes -- Index. Description based on print version record. Word of God (Christian theology) Speech acts (Linguistics) Religious aspects Christianity. Parole de Dieu (Théologie) Discours direct dans la Bible. Langage et langues Aspect religieux Christianisme. Actes de parole Aspect religieux Christianisme. Openbaring. gtt Godsbegrip. gtt Woord Gods. gtt Taalhandelingen. gtt Hermeneutiek. gtt Sprechakt. swd Philosophie. swd Gott. swd Speech acts (Linguistics) Religious aspects Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst01129186 Word of God (Christian theology) fast (OCoLC)fst01716072 RELIGION / Christian Theology / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Divine discourse 0521475392 (DLC) 94042264 (OCoLC)31707682 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=616952 Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/94042264.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94042264.html EBSCOhost EBSC 616952 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53612 53612