Islam and Literalism

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Islam and Literalism is written by Robert Gleave and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0748631135 (ISBN 10) and 9780748631131 (ISBN 13).

In this reading of Islamic legal hermeneutics, Robert Gleave explores various competing notions of literal meaning, linked to both theological doctrine and historical developments, together with insights from modern semantic and pragmatic philosophers. Literal meaning is what a text means in itself, regardless of what its author intends to convey or the reader understands to be its message. As Islamic law is based on the central texts of Islam, the idea of a literal meaning that rules over human attempts to understand God's message has resulted in a series of debates amongst modern Muslim legal theorists.