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Reconstruction of a Source of Ibn Isḥāq's Life of the Prophet and Early Qurʾān Exegesis: A Study of Early Ibn ʿabbās Traditions

By Harald Motzki

Book information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781463206598, 1463206593
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1380989 bytes)
Pages
\150
Time added
2023-04-05 06:00:02

Description

This important work is a source-critical study of a group of traditions (aḥādīth) found in Ibn Isḥāq's Biography (Sīra) of the prophet Muḥammad, widely considered one of the most important early historical texts on the Prophet's life. Through a meticulous isnād-cum-matn analysis, the author reveals that Ibn Isḥāq relied on Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad, a hitherto undocumented source of his. Important new light is also shed on problems with Ibn Hishām's recension of Ibn Isḥāq's Sīra. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. THE PROBLEM OF SOURCES ON THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUḤAMMAD II. SOURCE ANALYSIS III. MUḤAMMAD B. ABĪ MUḤAMMAD: A SOURCE FOR THE HISTORICAL VITA OF THE PROPHET? IV. EXCURSUS: IBN ISḤĀQ’S EXEGETICAL TRADITIONS FROM MUḤAMMAD B. ABĪ MUḤAMMAD APPENDIX: ISNĀDS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADITIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY

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