Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri II: Qurʾanic Commentary and Tradition

Author(s): Nabia Abbott.

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Oriental Institute Publications 76

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This study was intended as an introduction to a fresh approach to the understanding of Islamic early attitudes toward Qurʾanic commentary and toward the evolution and recording of Islamic tradition, as to both categories of content and methods of transmission. The first part of this work provides a historical background of the early development of written Islamic tradition. The second part is formed by the analysis and identification of fourteen documents.

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Table of Contents

Preface
List of Plates
Abbreviations

Introduction: The Significance of the Papyri

Part I. The Early Development of Islamic Tradition

Early Development of Written Tradition
Continuous Written Transmission
Growth of Tradition
Survival and Authenticity of Tradition

Part II. The Documents

Scribal Practices and Scripts
Document 1: Fragmetns of the Wujuh wa al-naza'ir of Muqatil ibn Sulaiman
Document 2: Folio from the Muwatta' of Malik ibn Anas
Document 3: Probably from the Collection of Qutaibah ibn Sa'id
Document 4: Probably from the Collection of Fadl ibn Ghanim
Document 5: From the Collection of Abu Salih 'Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Da'ud al-Harrani
Document 6: From the Collection of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri as Transmitted Through Laith ibn Sa'd Probably to Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bukair
Document 7: From the Collection of Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari as Transmitted Through Laith ibn Sa'd Probably to his Secretary Abu Salih or Possibly to his Pupil Qutaibah ibn Sa'id
Document 8: From the Collection of Rishdin ibn Sa'd
Document 9: Probably from the Collection of Abu Salih 'Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Da'ud al-Harrani
Document 10: Probably from the Collection of Baqiyah ibn al-Walid
Document 11: Probably from the Collection of Asad ibn Musa
Document 12: Fada-il al-Ansar
Document 13: Probably from the Collection of 'Ali ibn Ma'bad the Elder
Document 14: Probably from the Collection of 'Ali ibn Ma'bad the Younger