Contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Acknowledgements
7. General Editor's Preface
8. Introduction
9. Origins and Transmission of the Ḥadīth
   1. 1. The Role of Traditionalism in Islam
      J. Fueck
   2. 2. A Revaluation of Islamic Traditions
      Joseph Schacht
   3. 3. Notes Towards a Fresh Perspective on the Islamic Sunna
      John Burton
   4. 4. Disputes over the Status of Ḥadīth in Islam
      Ignaz Goldziher
   5. 5. Oral Torah and Ḥadīth: Transmission, Prohibition of Writing, Redaction
      Gregor Schoeler
   6. 6. Al-Uṣūl al-arba'umi'a
      Etan Kohlberg
10. Origin and Reliability of the Isnād
    1. 7. The Antiquity and Origin of the Isnād
       Josef Horovitz
    2. 8. Further on the Origin of the Isnād
       Josef Horovitz
    3. 9. The Isnād in Muslim Tradition James Robson
    4. 10. Some Isnād -Analytical Methods Illustrated on the Basis of Several Woman-Demeaning Sayings from Ḥadīth Literature
       G.H.A. Juynboll
    5. 11. Eschatology and the Dating of Traditions Michael Cook
11. Methods of Analysing and Dating Ḥadīths
    1. 12. A Tradition of Manichaean Tendency (“The She-Eater of Grass”)
       J.H. Kramers
    2. 13. The Will of Sa'd b. a. Waqqāṣ: the Growth of a Tradition
       R. Marston Speight
    3. 14. Pare Your Nails: A Study of an Early Tradition M.J. Kister
    4. 15. The Muṣannaf of 'Abd al-Razzāq al-Ṣan'ānī as a Source of Authentic Aḥadīth of the First Century A.H.
       Harald Motzki
    5. 16. Common Features of Muslim and Western Ḥadīth Criticism: Ibn al-Jawzī's Categories of Ḥadīth Forgers
       Albrecht Noth
    6. 17. The Martyrdom of Passionate Lovers: Holy War as a Sacred Wedding
       Maher Jarrar
12. General Index