1st Edition
Medieval Islamic Pragmatics Sunni Legal Theorists' Models of Textual Communication
By Muhammad M. Yunis Ali
Copyright 2000
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book deals with two different pragmatic approaches to textual communication: (i) the mainstream approach followed by the 'Ash'ari s, Hanafi s and Mu'tazili s, (ii) the salafite approach followed mainly by the Hanbali s, defended and elaborated by Ibn Taymiyyah. One of the primary aims of the book is to explore and formulate several Muslim legal theorists' pragmatic theories, communicative... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Wa?? and Use; Chapter 3 Interpretatin; Chapter 4 Ibn Taymiyyahâs contextual theory of interpretation; Chapter 5 Ways of signification; Chapter 6 Conclusion;
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Muhammad M. Yunis Ali
