Preface - Glossary - 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 Hadiht: transmission, prohibition of writing, redaction - 6. Who is the author of the Kitab al-ayn? - Notes - Bibliography - Index
Islamic literature - Arabic - History and criticism