
Doctrinal Instruction in Early Islam
The Book of the Explanation of the Sunna by Ghulam Khalil (d. 275/888)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 23. May 2020
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-90-04-42904-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 Ghulam Khalil (d. 275/888). It includes a critical edition of the Arabic text and an English translation of what appears to be one of the earliest statements of religious beliefs in Islam. In particular, this book argues convincingly that this influential text was authored by the ninth century Ghulam Khalil rather than the Hanbali preacher of Baghdad, al-Barbahari - a claim repeatedly made by modern scholars, both Western and Eastern. The present publication broaches multi-layered themes with the aim of specifying the parameters of this "Muslim Creed" in terms of the composite relationship between its content and its origin. In addition, it tackles the important question of what may have led modern Salafis to embrace the doctrinal positions of this particular statement of belief and practice and, perhaps more importantly, to pursue its "institutionalization" as a religious orthodoxy.
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Series
Edition
Approx. 380 pp.
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
712 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-42904-8 (9789004429048)
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Persons
Maher Jarrar (PhD 1989 from the University of Tuebingen) is Professor at the American University of Beirut, both at the Civilization Studies Program and at the Department of Arabic. He has published numerous books and articles in the fields of Islamic studies, Arabic literature, and literary criticism.
Sebastian Guenther (Ph.D. (1989, University of Halle-Wittenberg) is Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Goettingen. He has published extensively on the intellectual and religious history of Islam.
Sebastian Guenther (Ph.D. (1989, University of Halle-Wittenberg) is Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Goettingen. He has published extensively on the intellectual and religious history of Islam.
Content
Acknowledgments
Notes on Transliteration and Style
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Ghulam Khalil: Life, Career, and Image as a Scholar
2 The Kitab Shar? al-sunna: Textual Evidence, Transmission, and Authorship
3 The Third/Ninth Century: The Veneration of A?mad b. ?anbal 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 Ghulam Khalil
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
Notes on Transliteration and Style
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Ghulam Khalil: Life, Career, and Image as a Scholar
2 The Kitab Shar? al-sunna: Textual Evidence, Transmission, and Authorship
3 The Third/Ninth Century: The Veneration of A?mad b. ?anbal 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 Ghulam Khalil
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