The Formation of the Islamic Understanding of Kalāla in the Second Century Ah (718-816 Ce): Between Scripture and Canon

Approx. 600 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-30606-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 126, 578 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1046 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

In The Formation of the Islamic Understanding of kalala in the Second Century AH (718-816 CE), Pavel Pavlovitch studies traditions (hadith) about the lexical and terminological meaning of the Quranic vocable kalala. Attempts to understand kalala began with acknowledging its unintelligibility but ultimately brought into existence a capacious body of interpretative hadith, associated with early Islamic authorities. The analysis of these traditions affords insights into the changing conception of scripture during the first two Islamic centuries, the early history of Islamic exegesis and jurisprudence, and varying scholarly attitudes towards constituent sources of Islamic law. The book highlights the importance of coherent methodology of dating and reconstructing Muslim traditions according to their lines of transmission (isnads) and their narrative content (matns).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pavlovitch, Pavel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Über Autor(innen)

Pavel Pavlovitch, Ph.D. (1994), is Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski.” He has published in the fields of pre-Islamic history, early Muslim jurisprudence and exegesis, and methodology of studying Muslim traditions.