The oral and the written in early Islam Preface Glossary Editors introduction 1. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam: oral or written 2. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam revisited 3. Writing and publishing: on the use and function of writing in early Islam 4. Oral poetry theory and Arabic literature 5. Oral Torah and Ḥadīt: transmission prohibition of writing redaction 6. Who is the author of the Kitāb al ʻayn Notes Bibliography Index