The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam

The Authenticity of Muslim Literature from the Formative Period

Bibliographic Data

ID23157255
AuthorsHerbert Berg (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages251
Publication date2013-04-03
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDevelopment of Exegesis in Early Islam (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203036969
OpenAlexW569072609
Open LibraryOL33457081M
ISBN9780203036969
LanguageEN
Citations received22

The most important debate in Islamic origins is that of the reliability of the lists of transmitters (isnads) that are said to guarantee the authenticity of the materials to which they are attached. Many scholars have come to the conclusion that most traditions (hadiths), which claim to preserve the words and deeds of Muhammad and early Muslim scholars, are spurious. Other scholars defend hadiths and their isnads, arguing for an early continuous written transmission of these materials. The first purpose of this study is to summarize and critique the major positions on the issue of the authenticity of hadiths in general and exegetical hadiths in particular. The second purpose is to devise a means of evaluating isnads that does not rely on circular arguments and to use it to determine if the hadiths in the Tafsir of al-Tabari, attributed to Ibn 'Abbas, are genuine.

Aesthetics · Art · Exegesis · Formative assessment · Islam · Literature · Period (music) · Sociology · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Authenticiteit · Corán · Criticism, interpretation · Critique et interprétation · Critique textuelle · Critique, interprétation · Evidences, authority · Exegese · General · Hadith · History and criticism · Islamic literature · Islamic literature, history and criticism · Kommentar · Koran · Religion · Tafsir

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