TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schoeler,Gregor
TI  - The oral and the written in early Islam
SN  - 9780415394956 (hardback)
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Islamic literature, Arabic
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Glossary -- Editor's introduction -- 1. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam: oral or written? -- 2. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam revisited -- 3. Writing and publishing: on the use and function of writing in early Islam -- 4. Oral poetry, theory, and Arabic literature -- 5. Oral Torah and òHad¯it: transmission, prohibition of writing, redaction -- 6. Who is the author of the Kit¯ab al-°ayn? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005030135.html
ER  -