Tobias Scheunchen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5527897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Scheunchen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheunchen |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEUNCHEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2551-1731 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond the Binary
Projecting a New Empire
Codicology and the Transformation of Islamic Law
In Islamic law, preponderance ( tarjīḥ )—a practical method for mujtahid s to resolve legal contradictions ( taʿāruḍ ) between proofs—has been known in the uṣūl tradition from at least the 10th-century jurist al-Jaṣṣāṣ (d. 370/981). Yet, it is in several 17th and 18th-century Arabic and Ottoman manuscripts of Princeton’s Garrett Collection that we encounter summary-like lists labelled “tarjīḥāt al-bayyināt” (“ TB s”), which succinctly compile the…
From Body to Substance
This essay traces the development of the Islamic legal discourse on menstruation ( ḥayd ) in the formative and classical periods of Islamic law (until approximately 1200 ce ). I argue that, unlike their late antique predecessors and contemporaries, Muslim jurists parsed menstrual blood, with its perceived ability to travel and pollute other bodies and substances, as a generically polluting substance (the “substance-thesis”). This development mark…
Akhbār Khadīja bint Khuwaylid fī al-maṣādir al-islāmiyya
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Akhbār Khadīja bint Khuwaylid fī al-maṣādir al-islāmiyya
Codicology and the Transformation of Islamic Law
In Islamic law, preponderance ( tarjīḥ )—a practical method for mujtahid s to resolve legal contradictions ( taʿāruḍ ) between proofs—has been known in the uṣūl tradition from at least the 10th-century jurist al-Jaṣṣāṣ (d. 370/981). Yet, it is in several 17th and 18th-century Arabic and Ottoman manuscripts of Princeton’s Garrett Collection that we encounter summary-like lists labelled “tarjīḥāt al-bayyināt” (“ TB s”), which succinctly compile the…
From Body to Substance
This essay traces the development of the Islamic legal discourse on menstruation ( ḥayd ) in the formative and classical periods of Islamic law (until approximately 1200 ce ). I argue that, unlike their late antique predecessors and contemporaries, Muslim jurists parsed menstrual blood, with its perceived ability to travel and pollute other bodies and substances, as a generically polluting substance (the “substance-thesis”). This development mark…
Projecting a New Empire
Beyond the Binary
Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Arabic (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)