The Search for God's Law

Download or read book The Search for God's Law written by Bernard G. Weiss and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars praised the 1992 edition of this book as a groundbreaking intellectual treatment of Islamic jurisprudence. Bernard Weiss's revised edition brings to life Sayf al-Din al-Amidi's classic exposition of the methodologies through which Muslim scholars have constructed their understandings of the divine law. Weiss's new introduction provides an overview of Amidi's jurisprudence that facilitates deeper comprehension of the challenging dialect of the text. This edition includes an in-depth analysis of the nature of language and the ways in which it madeiates the law, while shaping it at the same time. An index has been added.