Ahmed El Shamsy

The Canonization of Islamic Law

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Produktbeschreibung

Ahmed El Shamsy's The Canonization of Islamic Law is a detailed history of the birth of classical Islamic law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781107041486
• ISBN-10: 1107041481
• Artikelnr.: 39560257

Autorenporträt

Ahmed El Shamsy is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Thought in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Tradition under siege
2. Debates on Hadith and consensus
3. From local community to universal canon
4. Status, power, and social upheaval
5. Scholarship between persecution and patronage
6. Authorship, transmission, and intertextuality
7. A community of interpretation
8. Canonization beyond the Shafi'i school.