TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rahman,Fazlur
AU  - Sells,Michael Anthony
TI  - Prophecy in Islam: philosophy and orthodoxy 
SN  - 9780226702858
AV  - B745.P66 R34 2011
U1  - 297.2/115 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chicago, London
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Islamic philosophy
KW  - Prophecy
KW  - Islam
KW  - Revelation
KW  - Intellect
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - gnd
KW  - Prophetie
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; I. The doctrine of intellect. 1. Al-Farabi ---- II. Prophecy. 1. The intellectual revelation --- 2. The technical of imaginative revelation --- 3. Miracles, prayer, theurgy --- 4. The mission and the law ---- III. 1. Ibn Hazm --- 2. Al-Ghazali --- 3. Kalam al-Shahrastani --- 4. Ibn Taymiya --- 5. Ibn Khaldun ---- Concluding remarks
N2  - This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. In it, the esteemed Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet, and, finally, the varying degrees of acceptance of these convergent ideas by the Muslim orthodoxy. The latest edition of this classic text includes a new foreword by Islamic studies expert Michael Sells, confirming Prophecy in Islam as the best source on its subject after more than half a century. This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. In it, the esteemed Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet, and, finally, the varying degrees of acceptance of these convergent ideas by the Muslim orthodoxy. -- Publisher description
ER  -