Promise and Prayer
In the Bible, promise and prayer are essential and connected components of the inter-personal relationship between God and his people. And both promise and prayer are kinds of action undertaken by means of speaking, utterances philosophers refer to as speech acts. In the case of promises this is clear: they constitute firm commitments to act in certain ways under appropriate conditions. This book considers biblical examples of divine promise, from both Old and New Testaments. All speech acts depend upon institutional facts, and Thiselton argues that in the biblical writings Divine promises are based on the prior institution of God's covenant.…
Mehr
CHF 21.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V103:
Folgt in ca. 5 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-72525-360-5
- EAN: 9781725253605
- Produktnummer: 35279691
- Verlag: Cascade Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.7 cm 172 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 172
Über den Autor
Anthony C. Thiselton is Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology in the Universities of Nottingham and Chester. He is also Emeritus Canon Theologian of Leicester and Southwell & Nottingham. He is author of some thirty-five books.
64 weitere Werke von Anthony C. Thiselton:
Bewertungen
Anmelden