God’s Own Mouthpieces

Prophecy and Reason in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

edited by Heiko Schulz

Book cover: God’s Own Mouthpieces

Extent: 355 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Religiöse Dynamiken in Geschichte und Gegenwart

Series volume number: 2

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2023)

ISBN: 9783161628290

Price: $124.00

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This two-part volume contains the proceedings of an international conference on the nature, history, function(s), and rationality of prophecy within the three Abrahamic religions. A series of historical case studies comprises its first section, while the second discusses exemplary, systematic-theological and/or -philosophical issues of prophecy.


The thematical focus of this two-part volume, resulting from an international, interdisciplinary and interreligious conference at Frankfurt’s Goethe University, is on questions regarding the nature, history, function(s) and rationality of prophecy within the three Abrahamic religions. The first part comprises a series of historical case studies tracing the history of the idea from the Ancient Near East through Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the early modern period, and the Enlightenment to the present. The second – again taking into account all three religions – contains a number of studies on exemplary, systematic-theological and/or -philosophical issues, such as prophecy and rationality, prophecy and foreknowledge, prophecy and miracles, and prophecy and revelation.

  • Edited by Heiko Schulz