The Arabs and Islam in late antiquity : a critique of approaches to Arabic sources /

This work provides a critique of Arabic textual sources for the history of the Arabs in late antique times, during the centuries immediately preceding Muhammad and up to and including the Umayyad period. Aziz Al-Azmeh considers the value and relevance of a range of literary sources, including oralit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: ʻAẓmah, ʻAzīz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2014.
Colección:Theories and paradigms of Islamic studies.
Temas:
To 1258
Arabic literature > To 622 > History and criticism.
Arabic literature > 622-750 > History and criticism.
Arabic literature > 750-1258 > History and criticism.
Literature and history > Arab countries.
Literature and history > Islamic Empire.
Arabs > History > To 622 > Historiography.
Littérature arabe > Jusqu'à 622 > Histoire et critique.
Littérature arabe > 622-750 > Histoire et critique.
Littérature arabe > 750-1258 > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et histoire > États arabes.
Littérature et histoire > Empire islamique.
Arabes > Histoire > Jusqu'à 622 > Historiographie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Arabic literature.
Historiography.
Literature and history.
Islamic Empire > History > 622-661 > Historiography.
Islamic Empire > History > 661-750 > Historiography.
Empire islamique > Histoire > 622-661 > Historiographie.
Empire islamique > Histoire > 661-750 > Historiographie.
Arab countries.
Islamic Empire.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Divergence of source interpretation: the Methodenstreit
  • Literary transmission: authors, genres, traditions
  • Credibility and factual confirmation
  • Genres, authors and antiquarians revisited: the snares of narrative
  • Fact, fiction and narrative patterns: ways of reading
  • Transmission of testimony: the voice, the pen, and the author
  • The pertinence of poetical evidence
  • Preliminaries to the use of the Qurʼān as an historical source.

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