Reconstruction of a source of Ibn Isḥāq's life of the Prophet and early Qurʼān exegesis
Subtitle: a study of early Ibn ʻAbbās traditions
By: Harald Motzki
Series: Islamic history and thought -- 3; Islamic history and thought -- 3.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781463206598
Subjects: Sources; Biography; History and criticism; Hermeneutics; History; Interpretation; Sīra; Qurʼan; Kitāb al-Mubtadaʼ (Ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad)
Description: This important work is a source-critical study of a group of traditions (ahadith) found in Ibn Ishaq's Biography (Sira) of the prophet Mu?ammad, widely considered one of the most important early historical texts on the Prophet's life. Through a meticulous isnad-cum-matn analysis, the author reveals that Ibn Ishaq relied on Muhammad b. Abi Muhammad, a hitherto undocumented source of his. Important new light is also shed on problems with Ibn Hish?m?s recension of Ibn Ishaq?s Sira.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The problem of sources on the life of the Prophet Muḥammad; title: Source analysis; title: A reaction of the Quraysh to Muḥammad's rise; title: Muḥammad b. Abi Muḥammad; title: The profile of the source "Muḥammad b. Abi Muḥammad"; title: Muḥammad b. Abi Muḥammad outside of the Sira sources; title: Narrations without parallels in Ibn Hisham's Sira; title: Al-Kalbi's variants; title: Muḥammad b. Abi Muḥammad's sources; title: Muḥammad b. Abi Muḥammad: a source for the historical vita of the Prophet?; title: Excursus: Ibn Isḥaq's exegetical traditions from Muḥammad b. Abi Muḥammad; title: Appendix: Isnads of the most important traditions.