Gregor Schoeler ; translated by Uwe Vagelpohl ; edited by James Montgomery.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
. viii, 248 p
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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 �Had�it: transmission, prohibition of writing, redaction -- 6. Who is the author of the Kit�ab al-�ayn? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islamic literature, Arabic-- History and criticism.