The oral and the written in early Islam /

Schoeler, Gregor.

The oral and the written in early Islam / Gregor Schoeler ; translated by Uwe Vagelpohl ; edited by James E. Montgomery. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-241) and index.

Preface -- 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? -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Islamic literature, Arabic--History and criticism.

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