| Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins Contributor(s): Berg, Herbert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004126023 ISBN-13: 9789004126022 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $239.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: This volume deals with the methodological and theoretical issues of the study of Islamic origins. Each of the twelve articles examines a different aspect of Islamic origins: early Islamic history including the life of the Prophet, the Sunna and ?ad?th, tafs?r and the Qur'?n, and the rise of Islamic law. Both sceptical (or revisionist) scholars and sanguine (or traditionalist) scholars examine and employ the various contemporary theories on the development of Islam in the first 3 centuries A.H. In so doing, they seek to exemplify the sources and methodologies used to support these theories and to discuss their relative merits. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
| Dewey: 297.072 |
| LCCN: 2003058314 |
| Series: Islamic History and Civilization |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.48" W x 9.62" (1.95 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume deals with the methodological and theoretical issues of the study of Islamic origins. Each of the twelve articles examines a different aspect of Islamic origins: early Islamic history including the life of the Prophet, the Sunna and ḥadīth, tafsīr and the Qur'ān, and the rise of Islamic law. Both sceptical (or revisionist) scholars and sanguine (or traditionalist) scholars examine and employ the various contemporary theories on the development of Islam in the first 3 centuries A.H. In so doing, they seek to exemplify the sources and methodologies used to support these theories and to discuss their relative merits. |