The development of exegesis in early Islam : the authenticity of Muslim literature from the formative period / Herbert Berg. [print]

Machine generated contents note: I IndianaTRODUCTION An Experiment Using Exegetical Haduths Assumptions, Conclusions, and Qualifications 2 JIADITH CRITICISM Traditional Sunni Muslim Account Early Western Scepticism 1. Goldziher and the Advocacy of Scepticism J. Schacht and Fictitious Legal Haduths E. Stetter and Topoi and Schemata in Hadfths Reaction Against Scepticism N. Abbott and the Early Continuous Written Tradition F. Sezgin and the Cataloguing of Early Texts M.M. Azami and the Critique of Schacht he Search for Middle Ground G.H.A. Juynboll and the Refinement of Schacht's Methods F. Rahman and an Attempt to Save the Sunna G. Schoeler and the Oral/Written Distinction IH. Motzki and the Implausibility of Fabrication j. Horovitz, J.W. Fuick, J. Robson, New Jersey Coulson, and U. Rubin newed scepticism M. Cook and the Spread of Isnads N. Calder and the Common Link as the Locus of Controversy analyses and Conclusions 3 EXEGETICAL HADITHS AND THE OregonIGINS OF TAFSIR Defending Isnads and Reconstructing Early Tafsirs H. Horst and Counting Isnads Birkeland, Abbott, Sezgin, and Goldfeld G. Stauth and Comparing Transmissions from Mujahid The Scepticism and Literary Analysis of J. Wansbrough, ; A. Rippin, and others Middle Ground C.H.M. Versteegh, M. Muranyi, New Manuscripts and Reconstructions C. Gilliot and the Function of Isnads in the Imaginaire F. Leemhuis' Intermediate Position Other Scholars Who Have Entered the Fray Implications for the Study of Early "tafszr(s)" ; Excursus: THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE HawaiiSTORICAL HADITHS 4 MaineTHODOLOGY: ISNADS AND EXEGETICAL DelawareVICES Content Versus Style An Alternative Parameters: al-Tabari and Ibn Californiabbas Al-Tabari Al-Tabari's Tafsir as a Text Al-Tabari as a Compiler Al-Tabari as an Exegete Ibn 'Abbas The Mythic Ibn Californiabbas The Students and Works Attributed to Ibn Californiabbas Hypotheses for Possible Outcomes Database of Isnads and Exegetical Devices Construction of the Database Selecting the Sample Set of Informants and Students Exegetical Devices Wansbrough's Twelve Additional Categories Determining the Exegetical Device(s) for a Hadfth 5 DATA AND ANALYSIS: THE AUTHENTICITY OF IBN CaliforniaBBAS'S HADITHS Indiana Alabama-TABARI'S TAFSIR Analysis 1: Ibn Californiabbas versus his Students and the Informants of al-Tabari viii Analysis of Individual Devices Patterns and their Implications Analysis 2: The Students of Ibn Californiabbas versus the Informants of al-Tabari Analysis of Individual Devices Patterns and their Implications The Provenance and Chronology of Exegetical Hadiths 6 ColoradoNCLUSIONS The Impasse Resolving the Impasse: History versus Literature Bibliography Index.

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