Record Nr.

UNINA9910827890903321

Titolo

Method and theory in the study of Islamic origins / / edited by Herbert Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46681-2

9786610466818

1-4175-1044-7

90-474-0157-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 401 pages)

Collana

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, , 0929-2403 ; ; v. 49

Altri autori (Persone)

BergHerbert

Disciplina

297/.07/22

Soggetti

Islam - Origin

Islam - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-396) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; A. HISTORY AND SĪRAH; B. SUNNAH AND HADĪTH; C. QUR'ĀN AND TAFSĪR; D. SHARĪ'AH AND FIQH; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Literary scholars and Arabists from Europe, Israel, and the US set out their various, divergent, and often mutually exclusive theories about how Islam began. The dozen studies, all but one written for the anthology, are arranged in sections according to their primary source and focus: history and Sirah , Sunnah and Hadith , Qur'an and Tafsir , and