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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1568-4857
- eISSN
- 1570-0704
- DOI
- 10.1163/15700704-12341240
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract Except for three passages in the New Testament, the earliest usage in Jewish literature of the phrase “God willing” (or: “if God wills”) dates from the Islamic period. The Hebrew im yirẓeh Hashem reflects the Arabic in sha Allah , but without the underlying Islamic occasionalist denial of natural causality and emphasis on divine omnipotence and decree ( al-qadar ) propounded by Al-Ghazali and Ash’arite Kalam. The Hebrew term merely reflects belief in divine providence and not occasionalism.
Journal
Review of Rabbinic Judaism – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Keywords: God willing; Im yirẓeh Hashem ; In sha Allah ; Occasionalism; Islam; Al-Ghazali