Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim That God Speaks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521475570)

The canonical texts and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam claim that God speaks, but philosophers usually mistakenly treat such speech as revelation. Wolterstorff argues that contemporary speech-action theory offers a fascinating approach to the claim. He develops an innovative theory of interpretation along the way opposing the current near-consensus of Ricoeur and Derrida that there is something wrong-headed about interpreting a text to find out what its author said.

Author: Nicholas Wolterstorff
ISBN-10: 0521475570
ISBN-13: 9780521475570
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/05/1995
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.05w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 10/19/2010 pg. 37