TY - BOOK ID - 135779625 TI - Said the Prophet of God : Hadith Commentary across a Millennium PY - 2017 SN - 0520968670 PB - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Hadith KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History. KW - anthropology. KW - classical andalusia. KW - colonial politics. KW - ethnographic field notes. KW - hadith commentary. KW - hadith. KW - high court rivalries. KW - history. KW - intellectual history. KW - law. KW - manuscripts. KW - meanings of hadith. KW - medieval egypt. KW - modern india. KW - muhammad. KW - muslims. KW - practices. KW - prophet of god. KW - public debates. KW - social history. KW - study of religion. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135779625 AB - Although scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad's sayings and practices (hadith), the story of how they interpreted and reinterpreted the meanings of hadith over the past millennium has yet to be told. Joel Blecher takes up this charge, illuminating the rich social and intellectual history of hadith commentary at three critical moments and locales: classical Andalusia, medieval Egypt, and modern India. Weaving together tales of public debates, high court rivalries, and colonial politics with analyses of ethnographic field notes and fine-grained arguments adorning the margins of manuscripts, Said the Prophet of God offers new avenues for the study of religion, history, anthropology, and law. ER -