Umfang:
Online-Ressource (ix, 253 pages)
ISBN:
1306072123
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9781306072120
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9781107418820
Inhalt:
The Canonization of Islamic Law tells the story of the birth of classical Islamic law in the eighth and ninth centuries CE. It shows how an oral normative tradition embedded in communal practice was transformed into a systematic legal science defined by hermeneutic analysis of a clearly demarcated scriptural canon. This transformation was inaugurated by the innovative legal theory of Muhammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfi'ī (d. 820 CE), and it took place against the background of a crisis of identity and religious authority in ninth-century Egypt. By tracing the formulation, reception, interpretation and
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index
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""Cover""; ""The Canonization of Islamic Law""; ""Dedication""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Dates, Places, and Terms""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Cultural Remembrance Transformed""; ""Chapter 1 Tradition under Siege""; ""The Nature of Iraqi RaÊ?y""; ""RaÊ?y in Medina""; ""The Impact of RaÊ?y within the Judiciary""; ""MÄ?likâ€?s Muwaá¹á¹aÊ? and Its Significance""; ""Chapter 2 Debates on Hadith and Consensus""; ""The á??anafi.s and Hadith""; ""Ibn Ê¿Ulayyaâ€?s Theory of Consensus""; ""Al-ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä«â€?s Critique of MÄ?lik""
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""Chapter 3 From Local Community to Universal Canon""""The Linguistic Turn""; ""Theories of Language""; ""Communitarianism versus Individualism""; ""Part II Community in Crisis""; ""Chapter 4 Status, Power, and Social Upheaval""; ""The Changing Economy of Status""; ""The Centralizing State""; ""Al-ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä« in Egypt""; ""Chapter 5 Scholarship between Persecution and Patronage""; ""MÄ?likism versus á??anafism""; ""The Quranic Inquisition""; ""The Aftermath""; ""The Rise of the ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä«s""; ""Part III Foundations of a New Community""
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""Chapter 6 Authorship, Transmission, and Intertextuality""""Al-ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä«â€?s Writing""; ""Transmission of al-ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä«â€?s Works""; ""Standards of Transmission""; ""Chapter 7 A Community of Interpretation""; ""Al-ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä«â€?s Followers""; ""The Emergence of a ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä« Paradigm""; ""The Question of Conformism (taqlÄ«d)""; ""Varieties of ShÄ?fiÊ¿ism""; ""Chapter 8 Canonization beyond the ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä« School""; ""The Traditionalists""; ""The H.anafi.s""; ""The Ma.liki.s""; ""The Exegetes""; ""Other Scholars""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1306068746
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107041486
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Canonization of Islamic Law : A Social and Intellectual History
Sprache:
Englisch
