Islam and Literalism : Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
\ Robert Gleave
Edinburgh
: Edinburgh University Press
, 2013
xii , 212 p.
Index
Understanding literal meaning -- Literal meaning, hermeneutics and Islamic legal theory -- The emergence of literal meaning in early Islamic thought -- Literal meaning in early Islamic legal theory -- Early Shi'i conceptions of literal meaning -- Zahirism, literalism and Ibn Hazm -- Literal meaning in modern Muslim legal theory : two examples