Al-Radd Al-Jamīl - A Fitting Refutation of the Divinity of Jesus

Attributed to Abū Ḥāmid Al-Ghazālī
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32153-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Arabisch, Band 28, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: The History of Christian-Muslim Relations

al-Radd al-jamil attributed to al-Ghazali (d. 1111) is the most extensive and detailed refutation of the divinity of Jesus by a Muslim author in the classical period of Islam. Since the discovery of the manuscript in the 1930’s scholars have debated whether the great Muslim theologian al-Ghazali was really the author.

This is a new critical edition of the Arabic text and the first complete English translation. The introduction situates this work in the history of Muslim anti-Christian polemical writing. Mark Beaumont and Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth argue that this refutation comes from an admirer of al-Ghazali who sought to advance some of his key ideas for an Egyptian audience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beaumont, Mark

El Kaisy-Friemuth, Maha

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

The Context and Authorship of al-Radd al-jamil
- The Context of al-Radd al-jamil
- The Authorship of al-Radd al-jamil
- Arguments supporting the authorship of al-Ghazali
- al-Radd al-jamil and the Sufi writing of al-Ghazali
- Arguments against the authorship of al-Ghazali
- When was al-Radd al-jamil written?
- Who wrote al-Radd al-jamil?
- Appendix

Outline of al-Radd al-jamil

al-Radd al-jamil in the Context of Muslim Refutations of Christianity
- Jesus’ miracles do not confirm his divinity
- The Gospels provide evidence for the fact that Jesus was a messenger sent from God. Passages in the fourth gospel that Christians propose as literal proof for the divinity of Jesus should be interpreted metaphorically
- The Jacobite belief that the union of the soul and body is an analogy for the union of the divinity and humanity of Jesus is inappropriate
- The Melkite separation of the divine and human natures in Jesus at the point of his death is irrational
- The Nestorian conviction that the will of Jesus was united with the will of God is not supported by the Christian gospels
- Christian scriptures show that titles given to Jesus that Christians believe point to his divine status should be taken as symbols of his spiritual eminence as a messenger of God
- Christian appeal to the Qur'an to support the divinity of Jesus is mistaken
- Conclusion

Quotations and References from the Bible
Quotations and References from the Qur’an
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Beaumont, Ph.D. (2003), Open University UK, is Research Associate at London School of Theology. He has published articles on Christian-Muslim relations, especially on theological concerns, and a monograph, Christology in Dialogue with Muslims (Regnum: 2005).

Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth, Ph.D. (2002), Birmingham University UK, is Professor in Islamic Studies at Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany. Her most recent monograph is The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul: Reflection on Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions (Brill:2009).