TY  - BOOK
AU  - Katz,Marion Holmes
TI  - Body of text: the emergence of the Sunnī law of ritual purity 
T2  - SUNY series in medieval Middle East history
SN  - 9780791488577
AV  - BP184.4 .K37 2002eb
U1  - 297.3/8 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Islam
KW  - Customs and practices
KW  - Purity, Ritual
KW  - Coutumes et pratiques
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Rituals & Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index; 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
N2  - 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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