ISLAMIC ARCHIVESReview of Robert Gleave, Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal TheoryOvamir Anjum

Published: 2014
Published in: Journal of Islamic Studies 25, no. 3: 384-387
Language: English
Type: Review
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Review of Robert Gleave, Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory

Ovamir Anjum

Book review of Gleave's study of literal meaning in Islamic legal theory.

Keywords: usul al-fiqh, literalism, Robert Gleave, legal hermeneutics

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Anjum, Ovamir. Review of Robert Gleave, Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory. Journal of Islamic Studies 25, no. 3: 384-387. 2014. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/anjum-review-of-robert-gleave-islam-and-literalism-literal-meaning/