04027cam a2200745Ii 4500 ocn906803828 OCoLC 20200709060340.0 m d cr mn||||||||| 150408t20142014gw ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T IDEBK E7B EBLCP OCLCO OSU OCLCO YDXCP JSTOR 908101052 9783940924438 (electronic bk.) 3940924431 (electronic bk.) 9783940924421 3940924423 (OCoLC)906803828 (OCoLC)908101052 22573/ctt1df5c39 JSTOR PJ7526 .A96 2014eb LIT 004010 bisacsh REL037000 bisacsh HIS026000 bisacsh SOC048000 bisacsh 892/.709/001 23 MAIN ʻAẓmah, ʻAzīz, author. The Arabs and Islam in late antiquity : a critique of approaches to Arabic sources / Aziz Al-Azmeh. Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2014. ©2014 1 online resource (xi, 155 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Theories and paradigms of Islamic studies This work provides a critique of Arabic textual sources for the history of the Arabs in late antique times, during the centuries immediately preceding Muhammad and up to and including the Umayyad period. Aziz Al-Azmeh considers the value and relevance of a range of literary sources, including orality and literacy, ancient Arabic poetry, the corpus of Arab heroic lore (ayyam), the early narrative, and the Qur'an, for the reconstruction of the social, political, cultural and religious history of the Arabs. Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-147) and index. Divergence of source interpretation: the Methodenstreit -- Literary transmission: authors, genres, traditions -- Credibility and factual confirmation -- Genres, authors and antiquarians revisited: the snares of narrative -- Fact, fiction and narrative patterns: ways of reading -- Transmission of testimony: the voice, the pen, and the author -- The pertinence of poetical evidence -- Preliminaries to the use of the Qurʼān as an historical source. Description based on print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Arabic literature To 622 History and criticism. Arabic literature 622-750 History and criticism. Arabic literature 750-1258 History and criticism. Literature and history Arab countries. Literature and history Islamic Empire. Arabs History To 622 Historiography. Islamic Empire History 622-661 Historiography. Islamic Empire History 661-750 Historiography. LITERARY CRITICISM / African bisacsh Arabic literature -- 622-750 -- History and criticism. Arabic literature -- 750-1258 -- History and criticism. Arabic literature -- To 622 -- History and criticism. Islam and literature. RELIGION / Islam / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: ʻAẓmah, ʻAzīz. Arabs and Islam in late antiquity. Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2014 9783940924421 (DLC) 2015379204 (OCoLC)869526762 Theories and paradigms of Islamic studies. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=975983 EBSCOhost EBSC 975983 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis28705149 ebrary EBRY ebr11043392 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL2008613 YBP Library Services YANK 12378160 92 N$T 56175 56175