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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453765803321

Autore

Gleave R (Robert)

Titolo

Scripturalist Islam [[electronic resource] ] : the history and doctrines of the Akhbārī Shīʻī school / / by Robert Gleave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92647-7

9786611926472

90-474-2162-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, , 0169-8729 ; ; v. 72

Classificazione

11.83

Disciplina

297.8/2

Soggetti

Akhbārīyah - History

Akhbārīyah - Doctrines

Shīʻah - Doctrines

Shīʻah - History

Islamic law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Akhbārī-Uṣūlī dispute and the early "Akhbārī" school -- Muḥammad Amīn al-Astarābādī and the formation of the Akhbārī school -- Astarābādī's legal thought -- Astarābādī's theological and philosophical thought -- The spread of Akhbarism after Astarābādī -- Defining the Akhbārī-Uṣūlī conflict -- Akhbārī Qurʼanic interpretation -- Sunna and the Akhbār in Akhbārī  jurisprudence -- Akhbārī hermeneutics -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

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.