Gregor Schoeler <br/><br/>
The Oral and the Written in Early Islam 

 - 248 p.,  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-241) and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Glossary -- Editor's introduction -- 1. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam: oral or written? -- 2. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam revisited -- 3. Writing and publishing: on the use and function of writing in early Islam -- 4. Oral poetry, theory, and Arabic literature -- 5. Oral Torah and Ḥadīt: transmission, prohibition of writing, redaction -- 6. Who is the author of the Kitāb al-ʻayn? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415394953 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic literature--History and criticism<br/>Oral poetry<br/>Transmission of sciences