: literal meaning and interpretation in Islamic legal theory
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Robert Gleave.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Edinburgh
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Edinburgh University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2012.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 212 p.
Dimensions
; 25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 Shīʻī conceptions of literal meaning -- Zahirism, literalism and Ibn Ḥazm -- Literal meaning in modern Muslim legal theory : two examples.