The oral and the written in early Islam / Gregor Schoeler ; translated by Uwe Vagelpohl ; edited by James E. Montgomery.

Author/creator Schoeler, Gregor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006.
Descriptionviii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Preface -- Glossary -- Editor's introduction -- 1. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam: oral or written? -- 2. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam revisited -- 3. Writing and publishing: on the use and function of writing in early Islam -- 4. Oral poetry, theory, and Arabic literature -- 5. Oral Torah and Ḥadīt: transmission, prohibition of writing, redaction -- 6. Who is the author of the Kitāb al-ʻayn?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 222-241) and index.
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LCCN 2005030135
ISBN0415394953 (hardback)

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