Doctrinal instruction in early Islam : : the book of the explanation of the Sunna by Ghulām Khalīl (d. 275/888) / / by Maher Jarrar ; in collaboration with Sebastian Günther.

This pioneering study casts important new light on key issues in the development of dogmatic instruction in early Islam, as it examines the creed written by the Basran and Baghdadi Sunni preacher Ghulām Khalīl (d. 275/888). It includes a critical edition of the Arabic text and an English translati...

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Superior document:Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 174
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Arabic
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 174.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Transliteration and Style
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Ghulām Khalīl: Life, Career, and Image as a Scholar
  • 2 The Kitāb Sharḥ al-sunna : Textual Evidence, Transmission, and Authorship
  • 3 The Third/Ninth Century: The Veneration of Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal and the Proliferation of Creeds
  • 4 Toward Common Ground: The People of the Sunna and the Community
  • Epilogue: Doctrinal Instruction in Times of Political Change
  • Translation of The Book of the Explanation of the Sunna
  • Appendix  I : List of Editions and Translations
  • Appendix  II : List of Traditions Transmitted on the Authority of Ghulām Khalīl
  • General Bibliography
  • Index of Proper Names
  • Index of Geographical Names
  • Index of Book Titles
  • Index of Termini
  • Arabic Edition
  • Bibliography for the Arabic Edition
  • Index for the Arabic Edition.