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Body of Text: The Emergence of the Sunni Law of Ritual Purity.(Book Review)
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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January 1, 2004
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Body of Text: The Emergence of the Sunni Law of Ritual Purity. By MARION HOLMES KATZ. SUNY Series in Medieval Middle East History. Albany: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, 2002. Pp. viii + 275 (paper).
In this revised University of Chicago dissertation, Marion Katz provides a detailed examination of Muslim purity laws, their implications, and early development. The form of the presentation and the information provided is compelling. The introduction to the work provides a survey of the theories related to the origin and explanation of the purity requirements in Islam, and in religion in general, from the early theories of Wellhausen and Wensinck through those of Douglas. ...