The canonization of Islamic law : a social and intellectual history / Ahmed El Shamsy, The University of Chicago.

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"Tells the story of the birth of classical Islamic law in the eight and ninth centuries CE. It shows how an oral normative tradition embedded in communal practice was transformed into a systematic legal science defined by hermeneutic analysis of a clearly demarcated scriptural canon. This transforma...

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Main Author: El Shamsy, Ahmed, 1976-
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Islamic law > History.
Canonization.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:ix, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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