An edition of The development of exegesis in early Islam
(2000)
The development of exegesis in early Islam
the authenticity of Muslim literature from the formative period
by Herbert Berg
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: I INTRODUCTION
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, N. J. 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 ORIGINS 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, et al.
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 HISTORICAL HADITHS
4 METHODOLOGY: ISNADS AND EXEGETICAL DEVICES
Content Versus Style
An Alternative
Parameters: al-Tabari and Ibn CAbbas
Al-Tabari
Al-Tabari's Tafsir as a Text
Al-Tabari as a Compiler
Al-Tabari as an Exegete
Ibn 'Abbas
The Mythic Ibn CAbbas
The Students and Works Attributed to Ibn CAbbas
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 CABBAS'S HADITHS IN AL-TABARI'S TAFSIR
Analysis 1: Ibn CAbbas versus his Students and the Informants
of al-Tabari
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Analysis of Individual Devices
Patterns and their Implications
Analysis 2: The Students of Ibn CAbbas versus the Informants
of al-Tabari
Analysis of Individual Devices
Patterns and their Implications
The Provenance and Chronology of Exegetical Hadiths
6 CONCLUSIONS
The Impasse
Resolving the Impasse: History versus Literature
Bibliography
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-246) and index.
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