TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gregor Schoeler
AU  - Uwe Vagelpohl (transl.)
AU  - James E. Montgomery
TI  - The Oral and the Written in Early Islam
SN  - 0415394953
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Islamic literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Oral poetry
KW  - Transmission of sciences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-241) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005030135.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005030135-d.html
ER  -