Al-Radd al-jamil : a fitting refutation of the divinity of Jesus
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Al-Radd al-jamil : a fitting refutation of the divinity of Jesus
(The history of Christian-Muslim relations, v. 28)
Brill, c2016
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Text in English and Arabic
Includes bibliographical references (p.[195]-200) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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