
Reconstructing the Variant Generation Process of Hadith
Based on the Quantitative and the Isnad-Cum-Matn Analysis
Hiroyuki Yanagihashi(Author)
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Published on 15. April 2023
Book
Hardback
302 pages
978-1-80050-217-8 (ISBN)
Description
Medieval authors seemingly did not devote many pages to the question of textual variation, certainly because they had little interest in the question of how individual hadiths were historically formed, yet contemporary researchers have shown interest in the issue of textual variation in hadith. They agree that many hadiths were reformulated since their initial circulation and aim to trace the process of reformulation with regard to individual hadiths.
Methodologically, the most successful is the isn¿d-cum-matn analysis proposed by Harald Motzki and Gregor Schoeler. This method consists of determining whether a correlation lies between the transmission process of a hadith, obtained from the analysis of isn¿ds (chains of transmission), and its textual development, obtained from the examination of its matn (text), sometimes complemented by biographical sources.
However, despite the existence of many excellent studies based on this method, presenting the general pattern of variant generation with accuracy is far from being achieved. Reconstructing the Variant Generation Process of Hadith seeks to precisely reconstruct the process of variant generation by analyzing isn¿ds from various quantitative perspectives, in addition to using the isn¿d-cum-matn analysis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
76 graphs, 27 tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
840 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80050-217-8 (9781800502178)
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Hiroyuki Yanagihashi, now retired, was a professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo.