SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION in Hebrew. RARE comprehensive monograph on Ahmadiyya movement and its founder - Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), the main emphasis of this study being on prophetology in Ahmadi thought and its antecedents in medieval Islam. [CONTENTS]: 1.The Ahmadiyya Movement: A Historical Survey. 2.The Finality of Prophethood. 3.Substitutes for Prophecy. 4.The Idea of Religious Renewal (Tajdid). 5.Mujaddid, Muhaddath, Mahdi, and Masih. 6.Prophetology and Claim to Prophethood. 7.Between Lahore and Qadiyan: The Doctrinal Divide. 8.Ahmadi Jihad. 9.Conclusion. Excursus: `Abd Allah Atham. Appendix A. Surabadi on Qur`an 33:40. Appendix B. Ghulam Ahmad on his Prophethood. Appendix C. Ordinance of April 26, 1984. Also includes list of abbreviations, preface, glossary, bibliography and index. 235x155mm. Green cloth hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket edges slightly rubbed/wrinkled. Tiny light stain on front cover. Spine edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare study of the religious sources of an influential movement in modern Islam by the leading authority in the field is in very good condition.