The Resource Islam and Literalism : Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
Islam and Literalism : Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
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The item Islam and Literalism : Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- Literal meaning is what a text means in itself, regardless of what its author intends to convey or the reader understands to be its message. The idea of literal meaning, together with insights from modern semantic and pragmatic philosophers, informs this reading of Islamic legal hermeneutics. Robert Gleave explores various competing notions of literal meaning, linked to both theological doctrine and historical developments. The idea of a text?s literal meaning that rules over human attempts to understand God?s message has become an element in discussions about who has the authority to interpre
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Contents
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- Prologue; acknowledgements; 1. understanding literal meaning; 2. literal meaning, hermeneutics and islamic legal theory; 3. the emergence of literal meaning in early islamic thought; 4. literal meaning in early islamic legal theory; 5. early shi'i conceptions of literal meaning; 6. zahirism, literalism and ibn hazm; 7. literal meaning in modern muslim legal theory: two examples; bibliography; index
- Isbn
- 9780748655533
- Label
- Islam and Literalism : Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
- Title
- Islam and Literalism
- Title remainder
- Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Literal meaning is what a text means in itself, regardless of what its author intends to convey or the reader understands to be its message. The idea of literal meaning, together with insights from modern semantic and pragmatic philosophers, informs this reading of Islamic legal hermeneutics. Robert Gleave explores various competing notions of literal meaning, linked to both theological doctrine and historical developments. The idea of a text?s literal meaning that rules over human attempts to understand God?s message has become an element in discussions about who has the authority to interpre
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gleave, R.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Islamic law
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Islamic theology
- Hermeneutics
- Islamic law
- Label
- Islam and Literalism : Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index
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- online resource
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- Contents
- Prologue; acknowledgements; 1. understanding literal meaning; 2. literal meaning, hermeneutics and islamic legal theory; 3. the emergence of literal meaning in early islamic thought; 4. literal meaning in early islamic legal theory; 5. early shi'i conceptions of literal meaning; 6. zahirism, literalism and ibn hazm; 7. literal meaning in modern muslim legal theory: two examples; bibliography; index
- Control code
- ocn818846724
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780748655533
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
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- 22573/ctt342xhn
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818846724
- Label
- Islam and Literalism : Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue; acknowledgements; 1. understanding literal meaning; 2. literal meaning, hermeneutics and islamic legal theory; 3. the emergence of literal meaning in early islamic thought; 4. literal meaning in early islamic legal theory; 5. early shi'i conceptions of literal meaning; 6. zahirism, literalism and ibn hazm; 7. literal meaning in modern muslim legal theory: two examples; bibliography; index
- Control code
- ocn818846724
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780748655533
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt342xhn
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818846724
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