| Concordance Et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane (Tome I Et II; Tome III Et IV; Tome V Et VI, Tome VII Et VIII): Les Six Livres, Le Musnad D' Al-Da Contributor(s): Wensinck, A. J. (Author), Mensing, J. P. (Author), Brugman, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004097147 ISBN-13: 9789004097148 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $457.90 Product Type: Paperback Language: Arabic Published: January 1992 Annotation: This new paperback edition of Wensinck's "Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane serves a double purpose, one of a practical, the other of a more ideal nature. When the seventh and final volume of the "Concordance was published in 1969 (followed in 1988 by the eighth volume which contains the "Indices), both muslims and islamologists agreed that here was the completion of an enterprise of the highest importance. More than forty years of international academic team-work had resulted in a key to that highly diverse and far from homogeneous corpus that constitutes the canonic and most authoritative texts of Islamic Tradition, itself a major source for Islamic theology and law, and besides that, a goldmine of information on the history of ideas in the formative period of Islam. Under the guidance of Wensinck and his successors many thousands of pages of sometimes poorly accessible works were indexed and an enormous amount of catchwords were recorded together with their context. With the combined efforts of editors, authors, sponsors, typographers and the publisher an extraordinary book was produced, in which three generations of scholars were involved. This work has proven to be extremely useful for all those who professionally or confessionally are concerned with the Tradition literature of Islam. Much of the recent "?ad?t studies could not have been accomplished if no such work as the "Concordance had existed. Wensinck's "Concordance will continue to play its role as an essential research tool for quite a time. Brill Academic Publishers now publishes a paperback edition of the work. The monumental hard-cover edition was far beyond the financial means of students andprofessors and could only be found in libraries, if at all. The new edition is more modest than the previous one both in price and in size but otherwise it is a complete and unabridged reprint of the first edition. SHORT TEXT The publication of this new paperback edition of Wensinck's "Concordance will reach a far wider audience of readers than did the monumental hard-cover which was beyond the financial means of many students and professors, and could only be found in libraries. This edition will continue to play its role as an essential research tool for all those who are concerned with the Tradition literature of Islam. More than forty years of international academic team-work resulted in a key to that highly diverse and far from homogeneous corpus that constitute the canonic and most authoritative texts of Islamic Tradition, itself a major source for Islamic theology and law, and in addition, a goldmine of information on the history of ideas in the formative period of Islam. Under the guidance of Wensinck and his successors many thousands of pages of sometimes ill accessible works were indexed and an enormous amount of catchwords were recorded together with their context to produce an extraordinary book involving three generations of scholars. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Islamic Studies - History | Asia - General |
| LCCN: 93164008 |
| Physical Information: 7" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (11.00 lbs) 4308 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: Wensinck's Condordance is an essential research tool for those who are interested in Islam's Tradition (ḥadīth) literature. This body of texts is a major source for Islamic theology and law and forms an important source for historians of early Islam. The Concordance offers an index of all words found in traditions included in the six canonical ḥadīth collections of Sunni Islam, complemented by Mālik ibn Anas's Muwaṭṭaʾ and the Musnads of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal and al-Dārimī. The Concordance is the result of forty years of international scholarly collaboration. Under the guidance of Arent Jan Wensinck and his successors, many thousands of pages of sometimes poorly accessible works were indexed and an enormous amount of catchwords were recorded together with their context. The seventh and final volume of the Concordance appeared in 1969 (followed in 1988 by an eighth volume containing the Indices). Making accessible the most authoritative texts of Islam's Tradition literature, the Concordance is the main key to this far from homogenous but highly important corpus of texts. This work has proven to be extremely useful for all those who professionally or otherwise are interested in Islam's Tradition literature. Even in light of the recent emergence of digital platforms that provide access to these texts, Wensinck's Concordance remains an essential tool for ḥadīth studies and it will continue to do so for quite some time. Although more modest in size, this paperback edition offers a complete and unabridged reprint of the first edition. |
