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Body of text : the emergence of the Sunnī law of ritual purity / Marion Holmes Katz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in medieval Middle East historyPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780791488577
  • 0791488578
  • 0791453812
  • 9780791453810
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Body of text.DDC classification:
  • 297.3/8 21
LOC classification:
  • BP184.4 .K37 2002eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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 Examplein 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Rather than treating the ritual purity required by Islamic law as derivative of earlier religions, Katz (religion, Mount Holyoke College) interprets taboos regarding blood, menstruating women, sexual intercourse, and such as due to the Qur'an's relevance to everyday life. She discusses the early evolution of rules regarding impurity, in contrast to revisionist readings that later generations projected their views onto sources. Based on the author's U. of Chicago doctoral thesis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)549469

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index.

Rather than treating the ritual purity required by Islamic law as derivative of earlier religions, Katz (religion, Mount Holyoke College) interprets taboos regarding blood, menstruating women, sexual intercourse, and such as due to the Qur'an's relevance to everyday life. She discusses the early evolution of rules regarding impurity, in contrast to revisionist readings that later generations projected their views onto sources. Based on the author's U. of Chicago doctoral thesis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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 Examplein 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

English.