Islam and literalism literal meaning and interpretation in Islamic legal theory / [electronic resource] :
Robert Gleave.
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2012
- 1 online resource (xii, 212 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index.
Understanding literal meaning -- Literal meaning, hermeneutics and Islamic legal theory -- The emergence of literal meaning in early Islamic thought -- Literal meaning in early Islamic legal theory -- Early Shīʻī conceptions of literal meaning -- Zahirism, literalism and Ibn Ḥazm -- Literal meaning in modern Muslim legal theory : two examples.