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According to I. Yusuf's review, this book applies methods of classical hadith methodology (evaluation of individual isnads) to historical traditions. Focuses on the military campaigns. -BS

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The first two articles in this collection are particularly relevant to Hadith and historiography. They are "The Condemnation of the Jews of Banu Qurayza" and "The Reliability of Ibn Ishaq's Sources." These two articles first appeared respectively in Muslim World, xlii (1952), pp. 160-71 and in La Vie du Prophete Mahomet (Colloque de Strasbourg, 1980), Strasbourg, 1983, 31-43. In the second article, he argues for the over-all reliability of the historical traditions contained in Ibn Ishaq's work. -BS

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On usul al-fiqh (legal theory) as propounded by the Shafi`i jurisprudent and Ash`ari theologian Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (d. 631/1233). Treats hadith mainly as it constitutes one of the raw materials of jurisprudence. Arabophones will still read al-Amidi in the original, but Weiss's paraphrase will serve time and again as a welcome gloss. -CM

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To be consulted for theoretical questions regarding historical inquiries. (The context = Greek and Roman historiography).

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