TY - GEN AU - Schoeler,Gregor TI - The oral and the written in early Islam (E-BOOK) SN - 0415394953 (hardback) U1 - 892.70938297 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Islamic literature, Arabic KW - History and criticism KW - The oral and the written in early Islam (E-BOOK) N1 - 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 �Had�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/enhancements/fy0654/2005030135-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005030135.html ER -