Studies in the Origins of Early Islamic Culture and Tradition (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; The origins of kalam; Pharaonic history in medieval Egypt; Magian cheese: an archaic problem in Islamic law; Early Islamic dietary law; 'Anan and Islam: the origins of Karaite scripturalism; Weber and Islamic sects; The Heraclian dynasty in Muslim eschatology; Eschatology and the dating of traditions; An early Islamic apocalyptic chronicle; The opponents of the writing of tradition in early Islam; Ibn Qutayba and the monkeys; A Koranic codex inherited by Malik from his grandfather; Index.