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Muhammad's heirs: the rise of Muslim scholarly communities, 622-950

Muhammad's heirs: the rise of Muslim scholarly communities, 622-950
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ISBN 1107106664 (hbk.)
9781107106666 (hbk.)
Author Brockopp, Jonathan E. 1962-
Title Muhammad's heirs : the rise of Muslim scholarly communities, 622-950 / Jonathan E. Brockopp
Publisher Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017
Physical desc. xi, 232 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Note CBL illustrations: front cover and p. 192, fig. 5.4 (Ar 3001, f. 23b).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Approaches to early Muslim history -- Organization of this book -- A review of the sources -- Authority and 'connectivity' -- Pt. 1: Foundations, 622-680. Material sources as a foundation for the rise of the 'ulama' up to the year 680 -- The text of the Qur'an as documentary evidence for scholars in early seventh-century Medina -- The first generation of proto-scholars: a speculative reconstruction -- Conclusions -- Pt. 2: Integration of the proto-scholar, 680-750. The evidentiary basis of Umayyad history, 680-750 -- Proto-scholars in the Umayyad period: a speculative reconstruction -- Book culture and early writing -- Conclusions -- Pt. 3: Rise of the Muslim scholar, 750-820. Papyri and the role of writing in eighth-century scholarship -- Using ninth- and tenth-century manuscripts as a source for eighth-century scholarship -- Scholarly communities and political power -- Scholarship and the literary turn, 820-880. Muhammad's heirs: on the meaning of knowledge -- The earliest dated scholarly productions, 844-880 -- Scholarly power and 'connectivity' -- Pt. 5: The mature scholarly community of Kairouan, 880-950. A brief history of the Khairouan collection -- The study of Ibn Abd al-Hakam's texts in Kairouan -- Manuscript reliquaries -- Conclusion.
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 3001
Muslim scholars
Ulama -- History
Learning and scholarship -- Islamic Empire -- History
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