Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period

by Edited by A. F. L. Beeston , T. M. Johnstone , R. B. Serjeant , G. R. Smith

• ISBN13: 9780521240154
• ISBN10: 0521240158
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1984-01-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world.

Table of Contents

Editorial introduction

Maps

1. Background topics A. F. L. Beeston

2. Pre-Islamic poetry Abdulla el Tayib

3. Early Arabic prose R. B. Serjeant

4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre J. D. Latham

5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A. F. L. Beeston

6. The Qur'an - I R. Paret

7. The Qur'an - II A. Jones

8. Qisas elements in the Qur'an H. T. Norris

9. Aspects of the Qur'an today Jacques Jomier

10. Hadith literature - I: the development of the science of Hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf

11. Hadith literature - II: collection and transmission of Hadith Nabia Abbott

12. Shi'i Hadith E. Kohlberg

13. Narrative elements in the Hadith literature Sahair el Calamawy

14. European criticism of Hadith literature N. J. Coulson

15. The impact of the Qur'an and Hadith on medieval Arabic literature A. M. Zubaidi

16. The Maghazi literature J. M. B. Jones

17. The Sirah literature M. J. Kister

18. The poetry of the Sirah literature James T. Monroe

19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times H. T. Norris

20. Umayyad poetry Salma K. Jayyusi

21. Music and verse O. Wright

22. The Greek impact on Arabic literature L. E. Goodman

23. The Persian impact on Arabic literature C. E. Bosworth

24. The Syrian impact on Arabic literature R. Y. Ebied

Appendix J. D. Pearson

Glossary

List of sources

Index.