Speech Acts
(Theology, Liturgy, Scripture & The Lord’s Supper)
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Chapter 5 reprints: ‘God’s Mighty Speech-Acts: The Doctrine of Scripture Today’ Chapter 6, pp143-181 in Satterthwaite, Philip E. and Wright, David F. (ed.s), A Pathway into the Holy Scripture (Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1994)
Chapter 6, ‘From Speech Acts to Scripture Acts: The Covenant of Discourse & the Discourse of the Covenant’ – revised from Bartholomew et al ed.s, After Pentecost
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