Al-Radd al-jamil : a fitting refutation of the divinity of Jesus / attributed to Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ; edited by Mark Beaumont Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth. - 207 pages : 24cm. - History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 28. . - History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v.28. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.

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.


English and Arabic.

9789004321533 RM498.16


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Prophecy--Early works to 1800.
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