This book traces the genealogy of the Barāhima and explores their profound impact on the evolution of Islamic theology. It also charts the pivotal role that the Kitāb al-Zumurrud played in disseminating the Barāhima’s critiques and in facilitating an epistemological turn in the wider discourse on prophecy (nubuwwa). When faced with the Barāhima, theologians were not only pressed to explain why rational agents required the input of revelation, but to also identify an epistemic gap that only a prophet could fill. A debate about whether humans required prophets thus evolved into a debate about what humans could and could not know by their own means.
This book traces the genealogy of the Barāhima and explores their profound impact on the evolution of Islamic theology. It also charts the pivotal role that the Kitāb al-Zumurrud played in disseminating the Barāhima’s critiques and in facilitating an epistemological turn in the wider discourse on prophecy (nubuwwa). When faced with the Barāhima, theologians were not only pressed to explain why rational agents required the input of revelation, but to also identify an epistemic gap that only a prophet could fill. A debate about whether humans required prophets thus evolved into a debate about what humans could and could not know by their own means.
The Barahima's Dilemma: Ibn al-Rawandi's >Kitab al-Zumurrud< and the Epistemological Turn in the Debate on Prophecy
460The Barahima's Dilemma: Ibn al-Rawandi's >Kitab al-Zumurrud< and the Epistemological Turn in the Debate on Prophecy
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ISBN-13: | 9783111027128 |
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Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Publication date: | 04/22/2024 |
Series: | Islam - Thought, Culture, and Society , #13 |
Pages: | 460 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |