Studies in Early Muslim Jurisprudence

Name: Studies in Early Muslim Jurisprudence
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ISBN: 9780198258131

ISBN-10: 0198258135

ISBN-13: 9780198258131

Edition: 1993

Authors: Norman Calder

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This book offers a coherent theory of the origins and early development of Islamic law. The author grounds his argument in a series of representative passages from the earliest juristic works, many of them translated here for the first time. Succeeding chapters demonstrate the creativity of early Muslim civilization in literary forms, juristic norms, and hermeneutic technique. Drawing on the tradition of Islamic scholarship represented by such names as Ignaz Goldziher, Joseph Schacht, and John Wansborough, Calder is sensitive also to the development of methodology and technique in the parallel fields of Biblical and Rabbinical Studies. Grounding all his major generalizations in precise…

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List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/24/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.81" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Table of Dates
List of Abbreviations
The Mudawwana of Sahnun	p. 1
The Muwatta of Malik	p. 20
Early Hanafi Texts	p. 39
The Kitab al-Umm of Shafii	p. 67
The Mukhtasar of Muzani	p. 86
The Kitab al-Kharaj of Abu Yusuf	p. 105
Literary Form and Social Context	p. 161
The Origin of Norms	p. 198
The Development of Hermeneutic Skills	p. 223
Transitions	p. 244
Bibliography	p. 248
Index	p. 255
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