The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam

Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-20389-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 89, 498 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 955 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

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 Qur'an and the Hadith) 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boekhoff-Van Der Voort, Nicolet

Versteegh, Kees

Wagemakers, Joas

Weitere Mitwirkende

Becker, Carmen

Berg, Herbert

Fierro, Maribel

Gilliot, Claude

Görke, Andreas

Jarrar, Maher

Koning, Martijn de

Lecker, Michael

Leemhuis, Fred

Meijer, Roel

Mitter, Ulrike

Rubin, Uri

Scheiner, Jens

Schoeler, Gregor

Tayob, Abdulkader

Wiegers, Gerard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Bibliography Harald Motzki

Part 1: Production
Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, The Kitab al-maghazi of 'Abd al-Razzaq b. Hammam al-San'ani: Searching for earlier source-material
Gregor Schoeler, Neue Erkentnisse zu Musa b. 'Uqbas Kitab al-maghazi
Maribel Fierro, Local and global in Hadith literature: The case of al-Andalus
Fred Leemhuis, A peculiar manuscript of the Qur'an in the Groningen University library
Claude Gilliot, The "collections" of the Meccan Arabic lectionary

Part 2: Transmission
Andreas Görke, Prospects and limits in the study of the historical Muhammad
Jens Scheiner, The conquest of Damascus according to the oldest datable sources
Michael Lecker, The assassination of the Jewish merchant Ibn Sunayna according to an authentic family account
Maher Jarrar, Ibn Abi Yahya: A controversial Medinan Akhbari of the 2nd/8th century
Gerard Wiegers, Jean de Roquetaille's prophecies among the Muslim minorities of medieval and early-modern Christian Spain: An Islamic version of the Vademecum in Tribulatione

Part 3: Interpretation
Uri Rubin, "A day when heaven shall bring a manifest smoke" (Q. 44: 10-11): A comparative study of the Qur'anic and post-Qur'anic image of the Muslim Prophet
Kees Versteegh, The name of the ant and the call to holy war: Al-Dahhak b. Muzahim's commentary on the Qur'an
Joas Wagemakers, An inquiry into ignorance: A Jihadi-Salafi debate on jahl as an obstacle to takfir
Herbert Berg, Elijah Muhammad's Redeployment of Muhammad: Racialist and Prophetic Interpretations of the Qur'an

Part 4: Reception
Abdulkader Tayob, Human rights in modern Islamic discourse
Roel Meijer, Politicising al-jarh wa-l-ta'dil: Rabi' b. Hadi al-Madkhali and the transnational battle for religious authority
Martijn de Koning, "Melting the heart": Muslim youth in the Netherlands and the Qur'an
Carmen Becker, Following the Salafi manhaj in computer-mediated environments: Linking everyday life to the Qur'an and the Sunna
Ulrike Mitter, "The majority of the dwellers of hell-fire are women": A short analysis and reception of a much-discussed hadith

List of contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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 Muhammad 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.