The Barahima's Dilemma

Ibn al-Rawandi's 'Kitab al-Zumurrud' and the Epistemological Turn in the Debate on Prophecy

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Price, Elizabeth G.

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De Gruytererschienen am22.04.2024

When debating the need for prophets, Muslim theologians frequently cited an objection from a group called the BarÄhima - either a prophet conveys what is in accordance with reason, so they would be superfluous, or a prophet conveys what is contrary to reason, so they would be rejected. The BarÄhima did not recognise prophecy or revelation, because they claimed that reason alone could guide them on the right path. But who were these BarÄhima exactly? Were they Brahmans, as their title would suggest? And how did they become associated with this highly incisive objection to prophecy? This book traces the genealogy of the BarÄhima and explores their profound impact on the evolution of Islamic theology. It also charts the pivotal role that the KitÄb al-Zumurrud played in disseminating the BarÄhima´s critiques and in facilitating an epistemological turn in the wider discourse on prophecy (nubuwwa). When faced with the BarÄhima, 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.mehr

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KlappentextWhen debating the need for prophets, Muslim theologians frequently cited an objection from a group called the BarÄhima - either a prophet conveys what is in accordance with reason, so they would be superfluous, or a prophet conveys what is contrary to reason, so they would be rejected. The BarÄhima did not recognise prophecy or revelation, because they claimed that reason alone could guide them on the right path. But who were these BarÄhima exactly? Were they Brahmans, as their title would suggest? And how did they become associated with this highly incisive objection to prophecy? This book traces the genealogy of the BarÄhima and explores their profound impact on the evolution of Islamic theology. It also charts the pivotal role that the KitÄb al-Zumurrud played in disseminating the BarÄhima´s critiques and in facilitating an epistemological turn in the wider discourse on prophecy (nubuwwa). When faced with the BarÄhima, 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.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-11-102712-8

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De Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr2024

Erscheinungsdatum22.04.2024

ReiheIslam - Thought, Culture, and Society

Reihen-Nr.13

Seiten448 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch