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Analysing Muslim traditions : studies in legal, exegetical and Maghazi hadith / by Harald Motzki with Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort and Sean W. Anthony.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Islamic history and civilization ; . 78.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xv, 502 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004193314
  • 9004193316
  • 128295153X
  • 9781282951532
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Analysing Muslim traditions.DDC classification:
  • 297.1/240601 22
LOC classification:
  • BP135 .M68 2010eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Preface; Chapter One. The Jurisprudence of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri. A Source-Critical Study (Harald Motzki); Chapter Two. Whither H?adith Studies? (Harald Motzki); Chapter Three. The Prophet and the Debtors. A H?adith Analysis under Scrutiny (Harald Motzki); Chapter Four. Al-Radd?Ala l-Radd: Concerning the Method of H?adith Analysis (Harald Motzki); Chapter Five. The Origins of Muslim Exegesis. A Debate (Harald Motzki); Chapter Six. The Raid of the Hudhayl: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri 's Version of the Event (Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort).
Summary: Since its inception, the study of a, adAth conducted by scholars trained in the Western academic tradition has been marked by sharp methodological debates. A focal issue is the origin and development of traditions on the advent of Islam. Scholars' verdicts on these traditions have ranged from a oelate fabrications without any historical value for the time concerning which the narrations purport to give informationa to a oeearly, accurately transmitted texts that allow one to reconstruct Islamic originsa . Starting from previous contributions to the debate, the studies collected in this volume.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-477) and index.

Preface; Chapter One. The Jurisprudence of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri. A Source-Critical Study (Harald Motzki); Chapter Two. Whither H?adith Studies? (Harald Motzki); Chapter Three. The Prophet and the Debtors. A H?adith Analysis under Scrutiny (Harald Motzki); Chapter Four. Al-Radd?Ala l-Radd: Concerning the Method of H?adith Analysis (Harald Motzki); Chapter Five. The Origins of Muslim Exegesis. A Debate (Harald Motzki); Chapter Six. The Raid of the Hudhayl: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri 's Version of the Event (Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort).

Since its inception, the study of a, adAth conducted by scholars trained in the Western academic tradition has been marked by sharp methodological debates. A focal issue is the origin and development of traditions on the advent of Islam. Scholars' verdicts on these traditions have ranged from a oelate fabrications without any historical value for the time concerning which the narrations purport to give informationa to a oeearly, accurately transmitted texts that allow one to reconstruct Islamic originsa . Starting from previous contributions to the debate, the studies collected in this volume.

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