The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence: Meccan Fiqh Before the Classical Schools: 41 (Islamic History and Civilization) - Hardcover

Harald Motzki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004121315 ISBN 13: 9789004121317

Publisher: BRILL, 2012

Synopsis

Based on a new source, this study reconstructs for the first time the early development of Islamic jurisprudence at Mecca and challenges the current view of scholarship concerning the origins of Islamic jurisprudence.

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About the Author:

Harald Motzki, Ph.D. (1978) in Islamic Studies, University of Bonn, is Professor of Islamic Studies at Nijmegen University. He has published extensively on Islamic social and legal history and on Muslim traditions. He recently edited The Biography of Muhammad: The Issue of the Sources (Brill, 2000).

Synopsis:

This volume reconstructs the development of jurisprudence at Mecca, from the beginnings until the middle of the second Islamic century. New methods of analysis are developed and tested in order to date the material contained in the earliest compilations of legal traditions more properly.

About this edition

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9004121315
• ISBN 13: 9789004121317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344