Classical Islam
Subtitle: a sourcebook of religious literature
By: edited and translated by Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi and Andrew Rippin.
Contributors: Calder, Norman.; Mojaddedi, J. A.; Rippin, Andrew, 1950-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Islamic literature -- Sources.; Islamic literature -- History and criticism.
Genres: Sources.
Description: "This definitive sourcebook presents more than 50 authoritative new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by three leading specialists and clearly contextualized for introductory-level students, it illustrates the flowering of Islamic thought from its 7th-century origins through the medieval period. Complete with a helpful glossary, extensive bibliography and explanatory preface to each section, this book focuses on the literary genres of Muslim scholarship, within whose creative variations Islamic doctrine took form and matured. With many extracts translated here for the first time into English, fresh from Arabic and Persian sources, Classical Islam is an essential resource for an appreciation of early and medieval Islam and its legacy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.