A Tale of 3 “Versions”

by | Sep 10, 2017 | Early Arabic tradition | 1 comment

Measuring variation in the early tradition In this first blog I begin with a discussion of what our methods might be able to show us about the early transmission of the written tradition. The case I take up involves the Muwaṭṭaʾ (“the well-trodden path”) of Imam Mālik...