{"product_id":"applying-the-canon-in-islam-brannon-m-wheeler-9780791429747","title":"Applying the Canon in Islam: The Authorization and Maintenance of Interpretive Reasoning in \u0026#7716;anaf\u0026#299; Scholarship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues how the notion of \"canon\" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing examples from Islamic law, Ndembu divination, and Aranda religion, this book argues how the notion of \"canon\" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them. The bulk of the book outlines how the anafī school of Islamic law was able to legitimize itself by extending the canonical authority of the Qur'an to the sunnah of the prophet, the opinions of selected local authorities, and the scholarship of earlier generations. The anafī example shows that the application of canon is not about overcoming the limits of a \"closed\" text but rather about imposing limits on a range of interpretations made possible by a variegated and malleable textual corpus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brannon M. Wheeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791429741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791429747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 5.91w x 0.76d","brand":"Brannon M. Wheeler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096723366143,"sku":"9780791429747","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/applying-the-canon-in-islam-brannon-m-wheeler-9780791429747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}