Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-12602-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

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 hÌ£adÄ«th, tafsÄ«r and the Qur'Än, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berg, Herbert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert

Über Autor(innen)

Herbert Berg, Ph.D. (1996) in the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His research interests are Islamic origins and tafsir and he has published The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam (Curzon, 2000).