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