TY - JOUR
AU - Reynolds, Gabriel Said
AB - REVIEWS evolving the principle of ‘the supreme exemplar’ (marja{ al-taqlid) which itself fa- cilitated the more recent formulation of the principle of the deputyship of the juris- prudent (wilayat al-faqih), a more practical manifestation of clerical authority than which cannot be imagined. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH ANDREW J. NEWMAN doi:10.1093/jss/fgi024 HARALD MOTZKI, The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence: Meccan Fiqh before the Classical Schools. Brill, Leiden 2002. Pp. 347. Price: /86.00 hardback. ISBN: 90-04-12131. The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence is the English translation of Harald Motzki’s Habilitationsschrift (Die Anfänge der islamischen Jurisprudenz, Stuttgart 1991), a work that established his reputation as one of the most important advocates for the historicity of early Islamic texts (cf. his recent article, ‘The Collection of the Qur’an: A Reconsideration of Western Views in Light of Recent Methodological Develop- ments’, Der Islam 78 (2001), 1–35, and his comments on the Qur’an in the present work, pp. 110–11, 156–7). The influence of Motzki’s work is such that students of Islamic law must now be familiar with his method; the appearance of the English translation is therefore a welcome occurrence. The translator, M. Katz of New York University, has done a commendable job, although the difficulty of interpreting 
TI - Review: The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence: Meccan Fiqh before the Classical Schools
JO - Journal of Semitic Studies
DO - 10.1093/jss/fgi025
DA - 2005-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/review-the-origins-of-islamic-jurisprudence-meccan-fiqh-before-the-N70DNqnFqO
SP - 227
EP - 230
VL - 50
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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