The development of exegesis in early Islam
Subtitle: the authenticity of Muslim literature from the formative period
By: Herbert Berg.
Series: Curzon studies in the Qur'ān
Publisher: Curzon
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Richmond, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Hadith -- Evidences, authority, etc; Hadith -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Description: "This study provides the first extensive survey and analysis of Western debates over the authenticity of hadiths and early tafsir." "It argues that the differences between sceptical and more sanguine scholars result from their presuppositions, which then dictate their methods and conclusions. The comparison of the stylistic profile of Ibn Abbas' exegesis at various levels of transmission suggests that exegetical hadiths are no more reliable than any other genre of hadiths."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I INTRODUCTION; title: An Experiment Using Exegetical Haduths; title: Assumptions, Conclusions, and Qualifications; title: 2 JIADITH CRITICISM; title: Traditional Sunni Muslim Account; title: Early Western Scepticism; title: 1. Goldziher and the Advocacy of Scepticism; title: J. Schacht and Fictitious Legal Haduths; title: E. Stetter and Topoi and Schemata in Hadfths; title: Reaction Against Scepticism; title: N. Abbott and the Early Continuous Written Tradition; title: F. Sezgin and the Cataloguing of Early Texts; title: M. M. Azami and the Critique of Schacht; title: he Search for Middle Ground; title: G. H. A. Juynboll and the Refinement of Schacht's Methods; title: F. Rahman and an Attempt to Save the Sunna; title: G. Schoeler and the Oral/Written Distinction; title: IH. Motzki and the Implausibility of Fabrication; title: j. Horovitz, J. W. Fuick, J. Robson, N. J. Coulson, and U. Rubin; title: newed scepticism; title: M. Cook and the Spread of Isnads; title: N. Calder and the Common Link as the Locus of Controversy; title: analyses and Conclusions; title: 3 EXEGETICAL HADITHS AND THE ORIGINS OF TAFSIR; title: Defending Isnads and Reconstructing Early Tafsirs; title: H. Horst and Counting Isnads; title: Birkeland, Abbott, Sezgin, and Goldfeld; title: G. Stauth and Comparing Transmissions from Mujahid; title: The Scepticism and Literary Analysis of J. Wansbrough,; title: A. Rippin, et al.; title: Middle Ground; title: C.H.M. Versteegh, M. Muranyi, New Manuscripts and; title: Reconstructions; title: C. Gilliot and the Function of Isnads in the Imaginaire; title: F. Leemhuis' Intermediate Position; title: Other Scholars Who Have Entered the Fray; title: Implications for the Study of Early "tafszr(s)"; title: Excursus: THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE HISTORICAL HADITHS; title: 4 METHODOLOGY: ISNADS AND EXEGETICAL DEVICES; title: Content Versus Style; title: An Alternative; title: Parameters: al-Tabari and Ibn CAbbas; title: Al-Tabari; title: Al-Tabari's Tafsir as a Text; title: Al-Tabari as a Compiler; title: Al-Tabari as an Exegete; title: Ibn 'Abbas; title: The Mythic Ibn CAbbas; title: The Students and Works Attributed to Ibn CAbbas; title: Hypotheses for Possible Outcomes; title: Database of Isnads and Exegetical Devices; title: Construction of the Database; title: Selecting the Sample Set of Informants and Students; title: Exegetical Devices; title: Wansbrough's Twelve; title: Additional Categories; title: Determining the Exegetical Device(s) for a Hadfth; title: 5 DATA AND ANALYSIS: THE AUTHENTICITY OF; title: IBN CABBAS'S HADITHS IN AL-TABARI'S TAFSIR; title: Analysis 1: Ibn CAbbas versus his Students and the Informants; title: of al-Tabari; title: viii; title: Analysis of Individual Devices; title: Patterns and their Implications; title: Analysis 2: The Students of Ibn CAbbas versus the Informants; title: of al-Tabari; title: Analysis of Individual Devices; title: Patterns and their Implications; title: The Provenance and Chronology of Exegetical Hadiths; title: 6 CONCLUSIONS; title: The Impasse; title: Resolving the Impasse: History versus Literature; title: Bibliography; title: Index.