The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki (Islamic History and Civilization, 89) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004203893 ISBN 13: 9789004203891

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2011

Synopsis

This volume provides new insights into the transmission of the textual sources of Islam and combines this with the dynamics of these scriptures by paying close attention to how believers interpret and apply them.

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Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, MA (1992 and 1996), Institute of Translation, Maastricht and Radboud University Nijmegen, is Lecturer of Arabic and Islam at Radboud University Nijmegen. Her current Ph.D. research is on the sources of the biography of the Prophet Mu?ammad by applying the isnad-cum-matn analysis to a complex of traditions attributed to al-Zuhri.

Kees Versteegh, Ph.D. (1977) on Greek Elements in Arabic Linguistic Thinking, Radboud University Nijmegen, is Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Islam at Radboud University Nijmegen. His field of research is historical linguistics and the history of linguistics, focusing on processes of language change and language contact. His books include The Arabic language (Edinburgh 1997).

Joas Wagemakers, Ph.D. (2010) Radboud University Nijmegen, is Lecturer at Radboud University Nijmegen and Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael in The Hague. His current research and publications focus on Islamist and Salafi ideology and Islamist movements as well as on intellectual trends and debates in Saudi Arabia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004203893
• ISBN 13: 9789004203891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 495
• Editor: Boekhoff-van Der Voort Nicolet, Versteegh Kees, Wagemakers Joas