'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i
$93.50
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2020
Summary
‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Amr al-Awza‘i (c.707–774) was Umayyad Syria’s most significant jurist. He was part of a generation of scholars who began the process of creating legal and other structures for the preservation and dissemination of religious knowledge. Despite being intimately associated with the Umayyad regime, he not only survived the ‘Abbasid revolution, but continued to exert an influence on legal and theological matters in the new era. In this he was unique.Examining al-Awza‘i’s pre-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786076854 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786076853 |
| Author: | Steven C. Judd |
| Publisher: | Oneworld Publications |
| Imprint: | Oneworld Academic |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Makers of the Muslim World |
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‘Despite the fragmentary evidence at his disposal, Judd has given us a nuanced and well-rounded portrait of the life and teaching of an important but largely neglected jurist and theologian of the formative period of Islamic legal thought.’
– R. Stephen Humphreys, Professor Emeritus of History and Islamic Studies, University of California, Santa BarbaraAbout The Author
Steven C. Judd
Steven Judd is Professor of Middle East History at Southern Connecticut State University. He has been studying early Islamic law and theology, especially during the Umayyad period, for over twenty years, and is the author of Religious Scholars and the Umayyads. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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