God's Own Mouthpieces

Geboren 1959; 1992 Promotion in Theologie an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal; 1999 Habilitation; Professor für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main.

• Heiko Schulz: IntroductionPart I: Historical Case StudiesThomas Wagner: Prophecy in its Ancient Near Eastern Context: Origin, Nature and Rationality – Menachem Fisch: Prophecy (and its Rationality) in Talmudic Dispute – Ahmad Ighbariah: Saint vs. Prophet: The Reception of the Qur’anic Story of al-Khiḍr and Moses in some Late Islamic Traditions – Ottfried Fraisse: The Concept of Prophecy: Continuities and Transitions between Medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian Accounts – Adam Afterman: From Prophetic Inspiration to Mystical Integration: The Holy Spirit in Medieval Jewish Thought – Markus Wriedt: Luther: Prophet of the Germans – Michael A. Rosenthal: Spinoza on True and False Prophecy – Christian Wiese: Religious, Ethical, and Political Dimensions in Twentieth-Century German Jewish Interpretations of Prophecy – Bradley H. McLean: The Rationality of Prophetic Truth-Speaking and Deleuze’s Passional Postsignifying Regime of SignsPart II: Systematical PerspectivesHeiko Schulz: Tacit Knowledge: Some Puzzles about Prophecy and their Bearing on the Rationality of Religion – Johannes Grössl: Can God Know the Future – and Share his Knowledge with Human Beings? An Open and Relational Account of Prophecy – Jean-Pierre Fortin: “The Word of God in Your Mouth Is Truth.” Reflections on the Nature and Function of Prophetic Inspiration and Ministry – Yiftach Fehige: “From Your Mouth to God’s Ears.” Relocating Rationality-Considerations Regarding Prophecy to Where They Belong – Rahim Acar: Why Miracles are not Enough. Epistemic Circularity in the Early Ash’arites Approach to True Prophecy – Mehmet Sait Reçber: Prophecy and the Justification of Revelation: An Islamic Outline