al-Radd al-jamīl - A Fitting Refutation of the Divinity of Jesus
Author | : Mark Beaumont |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2016-09-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004322806 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004322809 |
Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: al-Radd al-jamīl attributed to al-Ghazālī (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-Ghazālī 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-Ghazālī who sought to advance some of his key ideas for an Egyptian audience.