Body of text : the emergence of the Sunnī law of ritual purity / Marion Holmes Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Marion Holmes, 1967-

Series:

SUNY Series in Medieval Middle East History

SUNY series in medieval Middle East history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Customs and practices.

Islam.

Purity, Ritual--Islam.

Purity, Ritual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 275 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

""Body of Text: The Emergence of the Sunni Law of Ritual Purity""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Comprehensiveness of the Law""; ""The Historical Background""; ""Methodological Developments""; ""The Case of Islamic Law""; ""Approach to the Sources""; ""1. Quranic Rules of Purity and the Covenantal Community""; ""The Biblical Example""; ""The Quranic Material: Surat al-Maida""; ""Patterns within the Quran""; ""Conclusions""; ""2. Interpreting the Quranic 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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-270) and index.

ISBN:

9780791488577

0791488578

OCLC:

811404041