Arabic literature to the end of the Umayyad period /edited by A.F.L. Beeston ... [and others.
Arabic literature to the end of the Umayyad period /edited by A.F.L. Beeston ... [and others.
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)1983.
- xvi, 547 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
1. Background topics 2. Pre-Islamic poetry 3. Early Arabic prose 4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre 6. The Quran I 7. The Quran II 8. Qisas elements in the Quran 9. Aspects of the Quran today 11. Hadith literature II: collection and transmission of hadith 12. Shi'i hadith 13. Narrative elements in the hadith literature 14. European criticism of hadith literature 15. The impact of the Quran and hadith on medieval Arabic literature 16. The maghazi literature 17. The sirah literature 18. The poetry of the sirah literature 19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times 20. Umayyad poetry A.F.L. Beeston -- Abdulla el Tayib -- R.B. Serjeant -- J.D. Latham - - 5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A.F.L. Beeston -- R. Paret -- A. Jones -- H.T. Norris -- Jacques Jomier - - 10. Hadith literature I: the development of the science of hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf -- Nabia Abbott -- E. Kohlberg -- Sahair el Calamawy -- New Jersey Coulson -- A.M. Zubaidi -- J.M.B. Jones -- M.J. Kister -- James T. Monroe -- H.T. Norris -- Salma K.
82023528
GB83-35623
Arabic literature--History and criticism.--622-750
Arabic literature--History and criticism.--To 622
PJ7510 / .A733 1983
1. Background topics 2. Pre-Islamic poetry 3. Early Arabic prose 4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre 6. The Quran I 7. The Quran II 8. Qisas elements in the Quran 9. Aspects of the Quran today 11. Hadith literature II: collection and transmission of hadith 12. Shi'i hadith 13. Narrative elements in the hadith literature 14. European criticism of hadith literature 15. The impact of the Quran and hadith on medieval Arabic literature 16. The maghazi literature 17. The sirah literature 18. The poetry of the sirah literature 19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times 20. Umayyad poetry A.F.L. Beeston -- Abdulla el Tayib -- R.B. Serjeant -- J.D. Latham - - 5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A.F.L. Beeston -- R. Paret -- A. Jones -- H.T. Norris -- Jacques Jomier - - 10. Hadith literature I: the development of the science of hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf -- Nabia Abbott -- E. Kohlberg -- Sahair el Calamawy -- New Jersey Coulson -- A.M. Zubaidi -- J.M.B. Jones -- M.J. Kister -- James T. Monroe -- H.T. Norris -- Salma K.
82023528
GB83-35623
Arabic literature--History and criticism.--622-750
Arabic literature--History and criticism.--To 622
PJ7510 / .A733 1983