352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this second collection of his articles, Professor Kister has continued his investigation into the social and religious history of Arabia. The papers are based essentially on a study of the traditions preserved in the early Arabic sources, many unpublished. As the author demonstrates, these sources represent an invaluable mine of information on the history and religious life of pre-Islamic... Read more
Contents: Labbayka, allahumma, labbayka...: on a monotheistic aspect of a Jahiliyya practice (with additional notes); Mecca and the tribes of Arabia; Notes on Caskel's Jamharat an nasab; A work of Ibnal-Kalbi on the Arab peninsula; 'On the wife of the goldsmith of Fadak and her progeny': a study in Jahili genealogical traditions; On an early fragment of the Qur'an; 'O God tighten thy grip on Mudar..': some socio - economic and religious aspects of an early hadith; The massacre of the Band Qurayza: a re-examination of a tradition; ...illa bi-haqqihi...: a study of an early hadith; 'Pare your nails': a study of an early tradition; Sha' ban is my month': a study of an early tradition; 'Call yourselves by graceful names' (with additional notes); On 'concessions' and conduct: a study in early hadith; The interpretation of dreams: an unknown manuscript of Ibn Qutayba's ’Ibarat al-ru’ya; An yadin (Qur'an IX, 29): an attempt at interpretation; Index.
Biography
M.J. Kister
'Following up on Kister’s earlier Variorum volume (Studies in Ja-hiliyya and Early Islam, 1980), it makes his research up to the mid-1980s readily available in convenient form.' Der Islam
