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- catalog abstract "Before Revelation studies the development of Muslim jurisprudential and theological thought as expressed in the extensive dispute over the assessment of acts that took place before the arrival of Revelation. Between the ninth and nineteenth centuries Muslims debated, often fiercely, the question, "What is the value of an act moving from place to place, breathing, or eating a tasty food, for instance - before Revelation arrives?" That is, Muslims, whose existence as Muslims derived from the Quranic Revelation, debated whether acts could be called "good," or reprehensible," before the Quran. This book analyzes that prolonged debate from a History of Religions perspective, using sources from the Mulsim sciences of jurisprudential theory (usul al-fiqh) and theology (kalam).".
- catalog contributor b7467523.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Before Revelation studies the development of Muslim jurisprudential and theological thought as expressed in the extensive dispute over the assessment of acts that took place before the arrival of Revelation. Between the ninth and nineteenth centuries Muslims debated, often fiercely, the question, "What is the value of an act moving from place to place, breathing, or eating a tasty food, for instance - before Revelation arrives?" That is, Muslims, whose existence as Muslims derived from the Quranic Revelation, debated whether acts could be called "good," or reprehensible," before the Quran. This book analyzes that prolonged debate from a History of Religions perspective, using sources from the Mulsim sciences of jurisprudential theory (usul al-fiqh) and theology (kalam).".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Introduction and Overview. 2. Development and Doxography -- pt. II. The Three Positions. 3. Acts Are Proscribed (mahzur). 4. The Permitted Position. 5. "No Assessment" -- Appendix: Two Translations of "Before Revelation" Texts. Translation of a Section from al-Fusul fil-Usul of al-Jassas. Translation of a Section from Kitab al-Mustasfa fi'ilm al-usul Abu Hamid al-Ghazali -- pt. III. Thanking the Benefactor. 6. God As Patron: Thanking the Benefactor -- Appendix: An Early Debate on Thanking the Benefactor -- pt. IV. The Background. 7. Conceptual Sources of the Problem. 8. Abu I-Hudhayl and the Early Mu'tazilah. 9. The Basrans: Moral Ontology and Epistemology. 10. The Critique of the Mu'tazilah: Ignoring Ontology -- pt. V. Conclusions.".
- catalog extent "xii, 255 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Before Revelation.".
- catalog identifier "0791422895 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791422909 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Before Revelation.".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in Middle Eastern studies".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog relation "Before Revelation.".
- catalog subject "297/.2 20".
- catalog subject "BP166.1 .R45 1995".
- catalog subject "Islam Doctrines History.".
- catalog subject "Islamic law Interpretation and construction.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Introduction and Overview. 2. Development and Doxography -- pt. II. The Three Positions. 3. Acts Are Proscribed (mahzur). 4. The Permitted Position. 5. "No Assessment" -- Appendix: Two Translations of "Before Revelation" Texts. Translation of a Section from al-Fusul fil-Usul of al-Jassas. Translation of a Section from Kitab al-Mustasfa fi'ilm al-usul Abu Hamid al-Ghazali -- pt. III. Thanking the Benefactor. 6. God As Patron: Thanking the Benefactor -- Appendix: An Early Debate on Thanking the Benefactor -- pt. IV. The Background. 7. Conceptual Sources of the Problem. 8. Abu I-Hudhayl and the Early Mu'tazilah. 9. The Basrans: Moral Ontology and Epistemology. 10. The Critique of the Mu'tazilah: Ignoring Ontology -- pt. V. Conclusions.".
- catalog title "Before Revelation : the boundaries of Muslim moral thought / A. Kevin Reinhart.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".