Title: Islam and literalism : literal meaning and interpretation in Islamic legal theory /
Authors: Gleave, R.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Qurʼan Hermeneutics.; Islamic law Interpretation and construction.
Contents: Understanding literal meaning -- Literal meaning, hermeneutics and Islamic legal theory -- The emergence of literal meaning in early Islamic thought -- Literal meaning in early Islamic legal theory -- Early Shīʻī conceptions of literal meaning -- Zahirism, literalism and Ibn Ḥazm -- Literal meaning in modern Muslim legal theory : two examples.