Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory

by Robert Gleave

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748625704
• ISBN13: 9780748625703
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher