Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-21635-5
Ph.D.
Near Eastern Studies
University of California, Berkeley
2015
Abū Bakr al-Bāqillānī (d. 403 AH/1013 CE) is known as a preeminent theorist of both the Ash 'arī school of Islamic theology and the Mālikī school of law, and his writings span a wide range of disciplines. This dissertation brings together his thought in two apparently disparate discourses, usūl al-fiqh (jurisprudence) and i'jāz al-Qur'ān (inimitability of the Qur'ān), to highlight how these discourses are actually in dialogue with each other. It explores the centrality of al-Bāqillānī's theory of language in his thought and devotes particular attention to his understanding of the role of figurative language.
Middle Eastern literature; Islamic Studies; Language use; Law; Semiotics; Terminology; Vision; Argumentation; Religious literature; Middle Eastern studies; Keywords; Rhetorical figures
Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Al-baqillani;Islam;I'jaz al-qur'an;Legal theory;Literary theory;Usul al-fiqh