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Scripturalist Islam : the history and doctrines of the Akhbari Shii school / by Robert Gleave.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gleave, R. (Robert)
- Series:
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 72.
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 72
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Akhbārīyah--History.
- Akhbārīyah.
- Akhbārīyah--Doctrines.
- Shiah--Doctrines.
- Shiah.
- Shiah--History.
- Islamic law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Akhbārī School dominated the intellectual landscape of Imāmī Shiʿism between the Seventeenth and early Nineteenth Centuries. Its principal doctrines involved a reliance on scripture (primarily the sayings or akhbār of the Shiʿite Imams) and a rejection of the rational exegetical techniques which had become orthodox doctrine in Imāmī theology and law. However, the Akhbārīs were not simple literalists, as they are at times portrayed in secondary literature. They developed a complex theory of exegesis in which texts could be interpreted, whilst at the same time remaining doggedly committed to the ability of the revelatory texts to provide answers to theological and legal questions arising within the Shīʿī community. This book is the first in-depth study of the intellectual development and historical influence of the Akhbārī School.
- Contents:
- The Akhbari-Usuli dispute and the early "Akhbari" school
- Muhammad Amin al-Astarabadi and the formation of the Akhbari school
- Astarabadi's legal thought
- Astarabadi's theological and philosophical thought
- The spread of Akhbarism after Astarabadi
- Defining the Akhbari-Usuli conflict
- Akhbari Quranic interpretation
- Sunna and the Akhbar in Akhbari jurisprudence
- Akhbari hermeneutics
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-333) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-92647-7
- 9786611926472
- 90-474-2162-0
- OCLC:
- 646381991
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004157286.i-344 DOI
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