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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806845303321

Autore

Gleave R (Robert)

Titolo

Scripturalist Islam : the history and doctrines of the Akhbari Shii school / / by Robert Gleave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92647-7

9786611926472

90-474-2162-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Akhbariyah - History

Akhbariyah - Doctrines

Shiah - Doctrines

Shiah - History

Islamic law

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 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.

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.