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The Emergence of the Sunni Law of Ritual Purity
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8857-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 283 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Medieval Middle East History

Reconstructs the formative debates concerning ritual purity in Islamic law and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Katz, Marion Holmes

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sunniten, Alsalaf

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Comprehensiveness of the Law
The Historical Background
Methodological Developments
The Case of Islamic Law
Approach to the Sources
1. Qur'anic Rules of Purity and the Covenantal Community
The Biblical Example
The Qur'anic Material: Surat al-Ma'ida
Patterns within the Qur'an
Conclusions
2. Interpreting the Qur'anic Text
The Problem
"When You Rise to Pray"
"Wipe Your Heads and Your Feet. "
"If You Have Touched Women. "
Conclusion: Revealed Text and Personal Example in the Law of Purity 3. "Cancelers of Wudu" and the Boundaries of the Body
Wudu from Cooked Food
Wudu from Touching the Genitals
Blood and Other Bodily Issues
Conclusions
4. Substantive Impurity and the Boundaries of Society
The Fluidity of the Law
Women, Nonbelievers, and the Dead
Children of Adam
Purity and Gender
Conclusions Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marion Holmes Katz is Assistant Professor of Religion at Mount Holyoke College.