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Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins

By Herbert Berg

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
9004126023, 9789004126022
Google Books ID
SxPyHsFzNMIC
Open Library ID
OL18144133M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2046148 bytes)
Series
Islamic History and Civilization 49
Pages
416\416
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This volume deals with the methodological and theoretical issues of the study of Islamic origins. Each of the twelve articles examines a different aspect of Islamic origins: early Islamic history including the life of the Prophet, the Sunna and h?ad?th, tafs?r and the Qur'?n, and the rise of Islamic law. Both sceptical (or revisionist) scholars and sanguine (or traditionalist) scholars examine and employ the various contemporary theories on the development of Islam in the first 3 centuries A.H. In so doing, they seek to exemplify the sources and methodologies used to support these theories and to discuss their relative merits.

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