Title: Reconstruction of a source of Ibn Isḥāq's life of the Prophet and early Qurʼān exegesis
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.
Subjects: Sources, Biography, History and criticism, Hermeneutics, History, Interpretation, Sīra, Qurʼan, Kitāb al-Mubtadaʼ (Ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad)
People: Muḥammad Ibn Isḥāq (-approximately 768), Muḥammad Prophet (-632), Ibn-ʻAbbās, ʻAbdallāh (619-687), Muḥammad Ibn-Isḥāq (704-768), Muḥammad (570-632)