Sahih Bukhari In The Light Of Quran
There is a detailed study on history of criticism on Matan of Hadith done by Jonathan A.C Brown ( Georgetown University ). In this study, he has provided evidence of Matan Critcism done by early Hadith scholars like Bukhari, Muslim etc. and has also presented the dilemma faced by those early Hadith Scholars when faced with hadith epistemology of mutazilites ( due to which they were a bit reluctant to openly criticize Ahadith solely on the basis of Matan ). This approach on Matan Criticism took its peak starting from t he formal content criteria developed by Khatib Baghdadi which then was upheld for the most part by hadith scholars like Ibn Al-Salah, Ibn al-Jawzi, Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, Ibn al-Qayyim, Zayn al-Din al-Iraqi, Ibn-e-Hajr al-Asqalani , Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti and others. Two relevant papers are attached in pdf format . It must however be kept in mind that task of Matan Criticism is a subjective thing at a scholarly level ( even the task of Sanad Verification becomes a subjective matter at times and two hadith scholars may differ on the strength of the same chain of narrators ) which entails that there can never be a single universal grading book on hadith.