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Katz Marion Holmes <1967-> |
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Titolo |
Body of text : the emergence of the Sunnī law of ritual purity / / Marion Holmes Katz |
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Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2002 |
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©2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in medieval Middle East history |
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Soggetti |
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Islam - Customs and practices |
Purity, Ritual - Islam |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-270) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Reconstructs the formative debates concerning ritual purity in Islamic law and practice. |
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