TY - BOOK AU - Pavlovich,Pavel TI - The formation of the Islamic understanding of kalāla in the second century AH (718- 816 CE): between scripture and canon T2 - Islamic history and civilization SN - 9789004306073 AV - PJ6599.K35 P38 2015 U1 - 297.1/224042 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Boston, Leiden PB - Brill KW - Qurʼan KW - Language, style KW - Kalāla (The Arabic word) KW - Arabic language KW - Semantics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- 1 Vicissitudes of Interpretation -- 2 The Meaning of Kalāla is Unknown -- 3 The Meaning of Kalāla is Hidden -- 4 The Meaning of Kalāla is Defined in the Summer Verse -- 5 Kalāla is Defined in Ḥadīth -- 6 Summary and Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Quranic Verses; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - In The Formation of the Islamic Understanding of kalāla in the Second Century AH (718-816 CE) , Pavel Pavlovitch studies traditions ( ḥadīth ) about the lexical and terminological meaning of the Quranic vocable kalāla . Attempts to understand kalāla began with acknowledging its unintelligibility but ultimately brought into existence a capacious body of interpretative ḥadīth , associated with early Islamic authorities. The analysis of these traditions affords insights into the changing conception of scripture during the first two Islamic centuries, the early history of Islamic exegesis and jurisprudence, and varying scholarly attitudes towards constituent sources of Islamic law. The book highlights the importance of coherent methodology of dating and reconstructing Muslim traditions according to their lines of transmission ( isnāds ) and their narrative content ( matns ) UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004306073 ER -