The qussas of early Islam /

The Islamic qāṣṣ (preacher/storyteller) has been viewed most commonly as a teller of stories, primarily religious in nature and often unreliable. Building on material of over a hundred quṣṣāṣ from the rise of Islam through the end of the Umayyad period, this book offers the most comprehensive study...

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Main Author: Armstrong, Lyall R.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 139.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Qaṣaṣ: Textual Evidence -- 2 Quṣṣāṣ Associations: With Whom Are the Quṣṣāṣ Associated? -- 3 Qaṣaṣ Sessions: The Skills and Conduct of the Quṣṣāṣ -- 4 The Quṣṣāṣ: Conformists or Innovators? -- 5 The Quṣṣāṣ during the Umayyad Period -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix: Biographical Sketches of the Quṣṣāṣ of Early Islam -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Sources -- Index of Subjects. 
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