Gregor Schoeler ; translated by Uwe Vagelpohl ; edited by James Montgomery.
New York, NY
Routledge
2006.
. viii, 248 p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Islamic literature, Arabic-- History and criticism.