The Development of exegesis in early Islam : The Authenticity of Muslim literature from the formative period / Herbert Berg.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-246) and index.

Machine generated contents note: I INTRODUCTION -- An Experiment Using Exegetical Haduths -- Assumptions, Conclusions, and Qualifications -- 2 JIADITH CRITICISM -- Traditional Sunni Muslim Account -- Early Western Scepticism -- 1. Goldziher and the Advocacy of Scepticism -- J. Schacht and Fictitious Legal Haduths -- E. Stetter and Topoi and Schemata in Hadfths -- Reaction Against Scepticism -- N. Abbott and the Early Continuous Written Tradition -- F. Sezgin and the Cataloguing of Early Texts -- M. M. Azami and the Critique of Schacht -- he Search for Middle Ground -- G. H. A. Juynboll and the Refinement of Schacht's Methods -- F. Rahman and an Attempt to Save the Sunna -- G. Schoeler and the Oral/Written Distinction -- IH. Motzki and the Implausibility of Fabrication -- j. Horovitz, J. W. Fuick, J. Robson, N. J. Coulson, and U. Rubin -- newed scepticism -- M. Cook and the Spread of Isnads -- N. Calder and the Common Link as the Locus of Controversy -- analyses and Conclusions -- 3 EXEGETICAL HADITHS AND THE ORIGINS OF TAFSIR -- Defending Isnads and Reconstructing Early Tafsirs -- H. Horst and Counting Isnads -- Birkeland, Abbott, Sezgin, and Goldfeld -- G. Stauth and Comparing Transmissions from Mujahid -- The Scepticism and Literary Analysis of J. Wansbrough, -- A. Rippin, et al. -- Middle Ground -- C.H.M. Versteegh, M. Muranyi, New Manuscripts and -- Reconstructions -- C. Gilliot and the Function of Isnads in the Imaginaire -- F. Leemhuis' Intermediate Position -- Other Scholars Who Have Entered the Fray -- Implications for the Study of Early "tafszr(s)" -- Excursus: THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE HISTORICAL HADITHS -- 4 METHODOLOGY: ISNADS AND EXEGETICAL DEVICES -- Content Versus Style -- An Alternative -- Parameters: al-Tabari and Ibn CAbbas -- Al-Tabari -- Al-Tabari's Tafsir as a Text -- Al-Tabari as a Compiler -- Al-Tabari as an Exegete -- Ibn 'Abbas -- The Mythic Ibn CAbbas -- The Students and Works Attributed to Ibn CAbbas -- Hypotheses for Possible Outcomes -- Database of Isnads and Exegetical Devices -- Construction of the Database -- Selecting the Sample Set of Informants and Students -- Exegetical Devices -- Wansbrough's Twelve -- Additional Categories -- Determining the Exegetical Device(s) for a Hadfth -- 5 DATA AND ANALYSIS: THE AUTHENTICITY OF -- IBN CABBAS'S HADITHS IN AL-TABARI'S TAFSIR -- Analysis 1: Ibn CAbbas versus his Students and the Informants -- of al-Tabari -- viii -- Analysis of Individual Devices -- Patterns and their Implications -- Analysis 2: The Students of Ibn CAbbas versus the Informants -- of al-Tabari -- Analysis of Individual Devices -- Patterns and their Implications -- The Provenance and Chronology of Exegetical Hadiths -- 6 CONCLUSIONS -- The Impasse -- Resolving the Impasse: History versus Literature -- Bibliography -- Index.