Parution : Rebecca Hernandez, “The Legal Thought of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti”, Oxford University Press, nov 2017.
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This book offers a new theoretical perspective on the thought of the great fifteenth-century Egyptian polymath, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 1505). In spite of the enormous popularity that al-Suyuti’s works continue to enjoy amongst scholars and students in the Muslim world, he remains underappreciated by western academia.This project contributes to the fields of Mamluk Studies, Islamic Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies not only an interdisciplinary analysis of al-Suyuti’s legal writing within its historical context, but also a reflection on the legacy of the medieval jurist to modern debates. The study highlights the discursive strategies that the jurist uses to construct his own authority and frame his identity as a superior legal scholar during a key transitional moment in Islamic history. The approach aims for a balance between detailed textual analysis and
Al-Suyuti’s struggle for authority as one of a select group of trained experts vested with the moral responsibility of interpreting God’s law in society finds echoes in contemporary debates, particularly in his native land of Egypt.
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Rebecca Hernandez, Received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University’s Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies and taught previously at Georgetown University and at the College of William and Mary
Rebecca Hernandez received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University’s Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies and taught previously at Georgetown University and at the College of William and Mary. Her primary research interests include Islamic law and society, religious authority, and medieval and modern Egypt
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Hassan Bouali (12 octobre 2017). Parution : Rebecca Hernandez, “The Legal Thought of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti”, Oxford University Press, nov 2017. Diwan. Consulté le 13 janvier 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/nquo
