TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bauer,Karen
TI  - Gender hierarchy in the Qur'an: medieval interpretations, modern responses 
SN  - 9781107041523
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Qur'an
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
N1  - 'This book explores how medieval and modern Muslim religious scholars ('ulama') interpret gender roles in Qur'anic verses on legal testimony, marriage, and human creation. Citing these verses, medieval scholars developed increasingly complex laws and interpretations upholding a male-dominated gender hierarchy; aspects of their interpretations influence religious norms and state laws in Muslim-majority countries
ER  -