The Oral and the Written in Early Islam 1st Edition by Gregor Schoeler, Uwe Vagelpohl, James Montgomery 9781134158799 1134158793

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ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURES

PREFACE

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION

I FLUIDITY, VARIETY, AND VARIATION

II GREGOR SCHOELER

III THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLAMIC SCIENCES: A SNAPSHOT

IV “THE ORAL AND THE WRITTEN”

V DIVISION OF LABOR

1: THE TRANSMISSION OF THE SCIENCES IN EARLY ISLAM ORAL OR WRITTEN?

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ADDENDA

2: THE TRANSMISSION OF THE SCIENCES IN EARLY ISLAM REVISITED

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III

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3: WRITING AND PUBLISHING ON THE USE AND FUNCTION OF WRITING IN EARLY ISLAM

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II

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VI

ADDENDA

4: ORAL POETRY THEORY AND ARABIC LITERATURE

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5: ORAL TORAH AND ḤADĪT TRANSMISSION, PROHIBITION OF WRITING, REDACTION

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III

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DIAGRAM I,1–3

DIAGRAMS I.4 AND II

DIAGRAM III.1

DIAGRAMS III.2 AND IV.1

DIAGRAM IV.2

ADDENDA

6: WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE KITĀB AL-‘AYN?

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GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

[37] GROUP 4

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ADDENDUM

GLOSSARY

NOTES

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 KITAB AL-‘AYN?

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