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Virtues of the Flesh: Passion and Purity in Early Islamic Jurisprudence

Virtues of the Flesh: Passion and Purity in Early Islamic Jurisprudence book reviews 130 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2007 Islamic Law and Society 14, 1 Also available online – www.brill.nl BOOK REVIEWS MAGHEN, Ze’ev. Virtues of the Flesh: Passion and Purity in Early Islamic Jurisprudence . Studies in Islamic Law and Society. Leiden: Brill, 2005. Pp x + 298. ISBN 90-04-14070-0. ¤98; $127.00. The Islamic laws of ritual purity ( ã ah § rah ) have not until recently attracted much focused attention from Western scholars, despite their obvious importance both for the Islamic legal tradition from its beginnings and for millions of individual practicing Muslims historically as well as today. That is now changing. In the wake of a seminal 1991 article by A. Kevin Reinhart, the literature has been enriched by a major monograph from Marion Katz and a series of articles by Ze’ev Maghen, in addition to a recent detailed assessment of the contributions of all three of these scholars by Richard Gauvain in the pages of this journal. Now Maghen has produced a monograph, concentrating on one important aspect of the Islamic purity system, that dealing with relations between the sexes. More specifically, Maghen’s book is about the classical Sunn Ê fiqh of purity http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Islamic Law and Society Brill

Virtues of the Flesh: Passion and Purity in Early Islamic Jurisprudence

Rowson, Everett
Islamic Law and Society , Volume 14 (1): 130 – Jan 1, 2007
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© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0928-9380
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book reviews 130 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2007 Islamic Law and Society 14, 1 Also available online – www.brill.nl BOOK REVIEWS MAGHEN, Ze’ev. Virtues of the Flesh: Passion and Purity in Early Islamic Jurisprudence . Studies in Islamic Law and Society. Leiden: Brill, 2005. Pp x + 298. ISBN 90-04-14070-0. ¤98; $127.00. The Islamic laws of ritual purity ( ã ah § rah ) have not until recently attracted much focused attention from Western scholars, despite their obvious importance both for the Islamic legal tradition from its beginnings and for millions of individual practicing Muslims historically as well as today. That is now changing. In the wake of a seminal 1991 article by A. Kevin Reinhart, the literature has been enriched by a major monograph from Marion Katz and a series of articles by Ze’ev Maghen, in addition to a recent detailed assessment of the contributions of all three of these scholars by Richard Gauvain in the pages of this journal. Now Maghen has produced a monograph, concentrating on one important aspect of the Islamic purity system, that dealing with relations between the sexes. More specifically, Maghen’s book is about the classical Sunn Ê fiqh of purity

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