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

For many Muslims, the textual sources of Islam provide the guiding principles on which they base their beliefs. These texts have also been studied by Western scholars of Islam for centuries. Most of their work has focussed on the historicity of the texts, often at the expense of the study of Muslims' highly diverse interpretation and application of these sources in everyday life. This volume provides new insights into the transmission of these sources (primarily the Qurn and the adth) and combines this with the dynamics of these scriptures by paying close attention to how believers in the Muslim world as well as the West interpret and apply them. As such, this volume provides a fascinating overview of how the sources of Islam are dated, debated and negotiated.Contributors include: Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, Gregor Schoeler, Maribel Fierro, Fred Leemhuis, Claude Gilliot, Andreas Görke, Jens Scheiner, Michael Lecker, Maher Jarrar, Gerard Wiegers, Uri Rubin, Kees Versteegh, Joas Wagemakers, Herbert Berg, Abdulkader Tayob, Roel Meijer, Martijn de Koning, Carmen Becker and Ulrike Mitter.

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About the Author

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 Muḥammad by applying the isnād-cum-matn analysis to a complex of traditions attributed to al-Zuhrī.

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.

Review

"There is certain to be something of academic value for virtually every scholar of Islam in this volume."
Andrew Rippin in Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies 5.3 (2012), 366.

"While the title of this book... is belied by the approximately 1200-year gap between the origins of Islam and a handful of contemporary Salafis, its individual contributions are of a high calibre and provide valuable insight into the isnād-cum-matn method of analysis, the challenges of reconstructing early Islamic history, and intra-Salafi polemics taking place online and in print at this very moment. Professor Motzki should be proud that this book has been published in his honor."
Scott C. Lucas in Journal of the American Oriental Society 134.4 (2014).

"The scholarly quality of the edition is above reproach."
Abdessamad Belhaj in Al-Masāq, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2014).

Edition details

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