Revelation as propositional divine information dates only from early modernity

Evidence

Ricoldo seems to have discovered this text with the sense of a special revelation made to him personally after a period of excessive religious anxiety; on the other hand, we also get the impression that he expected a revelation, and preferably one more sensational than this. Basically the one he received, or persuaded himself that he had received, is a credit to his good sense. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2160 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Medieval theology allowed truthful prophecy outside biblical revelation — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 401; Early modern Orientalism was a competition to decipher God’s original language; Medieval polemicists framed their textual findings as personal divine revelations — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2160

Broader Connections

• Medieval polemicists framed their textual findings as personal divine revelations #complicates (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2160