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Journal of Near Eastern Studies 75.1 196-198, 2016
The Medieval Globe 8.2, 2022
” in Practices of Commentary, ed. Christina Lechtermann and Markus Stock, a special issue of Zeitsprünge 24 (2020), 101-132., 2020
Can be downloaded here: https://globalcommentary.utoronto.ca/?p=654
Jurjani and legal theory This article examines the generic affiliations in the introductions to ... more Jurjani and legal theory
This article examines the generic affiliations in the introductions to ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī's (d. 471/1078 or 474/1081) Asrār al-balāgha and Dalāʾil al-iʿjāz, identifying their interlocutors, polemical purposes, and generic aspirations. Asrār al-balāgha aims to displace al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 255/868-9) as a theorist, while Dalāʾil al-iʿjāz addresses not only the Muʿtazilī theologian ʿAbd al-Jabbār (d. ca. 415/1024), but also a group espousing an instrumentalist language theory, whom I identify as legal theorists (uṣūlīs) of all stripes. Al-Jurjānī's critique alerts us to a history of instrumentalist language theory, and allows for a richer reexamination of the multifarious afterlife of al-Jāḥiẓ's theory of communication (bayān), and his concept of gesture (ishāra). His critique of the instrumentalist group reflects a concern among fifth/eleventh-century legal theorists to ground their discipline more deeply in philology, especially grammar. Keywords ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī – bayān – ishāra – language theory – legal theory – uṣūl al-fiqh
Journal of Near Eastern Studies 75.1 196-198, 2016
The Medieval Globe 8.2, 2022
” in Practices of Commentary, ed. Christina Lechtermann and Markus Stock, a special issue of Zeitsprünge 24 (2020), 101-132., 2020
Can be downloaded here: https://globalcommentary.utoronto.ca/?p=654
Jurjani and legal theory This article examines the generic affiliations in the introductions to ... more Jurjani and legal theory
This article examines the generic affiliations in the introductions to ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī's (d. 471/1078 or 474/1081) Asrār al-balāgha and Dalāʾil al-iʿjāz, identifying their interlocutors, polemical purposes, and generic aspirations. Asrār al-balāgha aims to displace al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 255/868-9) as a theorist, while Dalāʾil al-iʿjāz addresses not only the Muʿtazilī theologian ʿAbd al-Jabbār (d. ca. 415/1024), but also a group espousing an instrumentalist language theory, whom I identify as legal theorists (uṣūlīs) of all stripes. Al-Jurjānī's critique alerts us to a history of instrumentalist language theory, and allows for a richer reexamination of the multifarious afterlife of al-Jāḥiẓ's theory of communication (bayān), and his concept of gesture (ishāra). His critique of the instrumentalist group reflects a concern among fifth/eleventh-century legal theorists to ground their discipline more deeply in philology, especially grammar. Keywords ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī – bayān – ishāra – language theory – legal theory – uṣūl al-fiqh