Title:
Education and learning in the early Islamic world / edited by Claude Gilliot.
The formation of the classical Islamic world ;
Formation of the classical Islamic world ;
Author:
Gilliot, Claude, editor.
General Notes:
A collection of previously published material, some of which has been translated into English for inclusion in this volume., A collection of previously published material, some of which has been translated into English for inclusion in this volume.
Publisher:
Ashgate Variorum,
Publication Place:
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
ISBN:
9780860787174 (hbk.)
0860787176 (hbk.)
Subject:
Education -- Islamic Empire -- History.
Islamic education -- History.
Islamic learning and scholarship.
Learning and scholarship -- Islamic Empire.
Libraries -- Islamic Empire.
Series:
The formation of the classical Islamic world ; volume 43
Formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 43.
Contents:
The etiquette of learning in the early Islamic study circle / Muslim education / Some aspects of the education of princes at the 'Abbasid Court / The age structure of medieval Islamic education / Advice for teachers : the 9th century Muslim scholars Ibn Sahnun and al-Jahiz on pedagogy and didactics / The Islamic preacher wa'iz, mudhakkir, qass / The scholarly formation of al-Tabari / The human element between text and reader : the ijaza in Arabic manuscripts / The oral transmission of knowledge in traditional Islam / The office of the Mustamli in Arabic scholarship / The use of writing for the preservation of ancient Arabic poetry / Authorship and transmission in unauthored literature : the Akhbar attributed to al-Haytham ibn 'Adi / On the legacy of the classics in the Islamic world / On the transmission of Bukhari's collection of traditions / The introduction of Hadith in al-Andalus / The transmission of knowledge in al-Andalus (up to 300/912) / Libraries and bibliophiles in the Islamic east / Arabic books and libraries in the Umaiyad period / The library of al-Hakam II al-Mustansir and the culture of Islamic Spain /
Physical Description:
xc, 410 p. : ill. ;
Publication Date:
c2012.
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