Myth, Meaning and the Order of Words: Reading Hadith Collections with Northrop Frye and the Development of Compilation Criticism

The field of Hadith Studies has been grappling and engaging with Ignaz Goldziher's ideas about Hadith and, in particular, the isnād; but this focus on the isnād and the early Islamic period has meant that there has been relatively little reflection on how Hadiths actually work from a theoretica...

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Main Author: Burge, Stephen R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2016]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 213-228
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Hadith
B Northrop Frye
B compilation
B Criticism
B Meaning
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)