How Long to Read Harmonizing Similarities

How Long Does it Take to Read Harmonizing Similarities?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Harmonizing Similarities by Elias G. Saba

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"Harmonizing Similarities" is a study of the legal distinctions (al-furūq al-fiqhiyya) literature and its role in the development of the Islamic legal heritage. This book reconsiders how the public performance of Islamic law helped shape legal literature. It identifies the origins of this tradition in contemporaneous lexicographic and medical literature, both of which demonstrated the productive potential of drawing distinctions. Elias G. Saba demonstrates the implications of the legal furūq and how changes to this genre reflect shifts in the social consumption of Islamic legal knowledge. The interest in legal distinctions grew out of the performance of knowledge in formalized legal disputations. From here, legal distinctions incorporated elements of play through its interactions with the genre of legal riddles. As play, books of legal distinctions were supplements to performance in literary salons, study circles, and court performances; these books also served as mimetic objects, allowing the reader to participate in a session virtually. Saba underscores how social and intellectual practices helped shape the literary development of Islamic law and that literary elaboration became a main driver of dynamism in Islamic law.

How long is Harmonizing Similarities?

Harmonizing Similarities by Elias G. Saba is 258 pages long, and a total of 66,564 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Harmonizing Similarities Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read Harmonizing Similarities aloud.

What Reading Level is Harmonizing Similarities?

Harmonizing Similarities is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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