The oral and the written in early Islam
By: Gregor Schoeler ; translated by Uwe Vagelpohl ; edited by James Montgomery.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Islamic literature, Arabic -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Glossary; title: Editor's introduction; title: 1. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam: oral or written?; title: 2. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam revisited; title: 3. Writing and publishing: on the use and function of writing in early Islam; title: 4. Oral poetry, theory, and Arabic literature; title: 5. Oral Torah and Ḥadīt: transmission, prohibition of writing, redaction; title: 6. Who is the author of the Kitāb al-ʻayn?; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.