TY - BOOK AU - Judd,Steven C. TI - Religious scholars and the Umayyads: piety-minded supporters of the Marwid Caliphate T2 - Culture and civilization in the Middle East SN - 9780415844970 (hardback) PY - 2014/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Umayyad dynasty KW - Islam KW - Doctrines KW - History KW - Muslim scholars KW - Islamic law KW - Judges (Islamic law) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index; The Umayyad problem in early islamic history. Umayyad scholars in modern academic literature -- The problem of sources -- The pillars of Umayyad piety -- al-Sha'bi -- al-Zuhri --'Abdallah b.'Awn -- al-Awza'i -- Sufyan al-Thawri -- The qa{u4A60}in Umayyad society -- The function of the qa{u4A60}under the Umayyads -- The network of umayyad qa{u4A73} -- Umayyad judicial administration and its'Abbasid legacy -- Conclusion: the piety-minded opposition paradigm revisited ER -