Islam and Literalism

Traces the emergence and development of the idea of literal meaning in Islamic legal hermeneutics GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748689866','ISBN:9780748625703','ISBN:9780748631131','ISBN:9780748655540']); 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 m