The Qur'ān and Tradition:

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1. Abbott, Nabia. Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri. Vol. 2. Qur'ānic Commentary and Tradition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967.
2. Ali, Muhammad. A Manual of Hadīth.Lahore: Ahmadiyah Anjuman Ishati Islam, n.d.
3. Ayoub, Mahmoud M. The Qur'ān and its Interpreters. 2 Vols. Albany: SUNY Press, 1984.
4. Baljon, J. M. S. Modern Muslim Koran Interpretation. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1961.
5. Bashear, S. "Abraham's Sacrfice of his Son and Related Issues," Der Islam 67 no. 2(1990): 241-277.
6. Birkland, Harris. The Lord Guideth: Studies in Primitive Islam. Oslo: Ikommisjon Hos H. Aschehoug & Co., 1956.(Historical-critical commentaries on Suras 93, 94, 105, 106 and 108).
7. ________. Old Muslim Opposition Against the Koran.Oslo: Ikommisjon Hos Jacob Dybwad, 1955.
8. Busse, Heribert, "Bāb Hitta: Qur'ān 2:58 and the Entry into Jerusalem," JSAI 22 (1998): 1 -17.
9. Calder, Norman. "Tafsīr from Tabarī to Ibn Kathīr: Problems in the description of a genre, illustrated with reference to the story of Abraham." In Hawting, G. R. and Abdul Kader A Shareef. eds. Approaches to the Qur'ān. London and New York: Routledge, 1993.
Cragg, Kenneth. The Event of the Qur'ān: Islam in its scripture. London: Allen & Unwin, 1971.
10. ________. The Mind of the Qur'ān: Chapters in Reflection. London: Allen & Unwin, 1973.
11. Crone, Patricia. "Two Legal Problems Bearing on the Early History of the Qur'ān." JSAI 18(1994): 1-37.
12. Donner, Fred. The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing. Princeton: Darwin Press, 1998.
13. Fazlur Rahman. Islamic Methodology in History. Karachi: Central Institute of Islamic Research, 1965.
14. Gätje, Helmut. The Qur'ān and its Exegesis.Translated and edited by Alford T. Welch. Repr. 1971, Oxford: Oneworld, 1997.
15. Goldziher, Ignaz. Muhammadanische Studien. translated by S. M. Stern and C. R. Barber as Muslim Studies. Chicago: Aldine, 1966.
16. Guillaume, Alfred. The Traditions of Islam. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.
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18. Hawting, G. R. and Abdul Kader A. Shareef. Approaches to the Qur'ān. London and New York: Routledge, 1993.
19. Hawting, G. R. "The Role of the Qur'ān and Hadīth in the Legal Controversy about the rights of the Divorced Woman During Her 'Waiting Period' (`Idda), BSOAS 52(1989):430-444.
20. Imbert, Frederic. " Le Coran dans les Graffiti des Deux Premiers Sičcles se L'hégire," Arabica 47(2000): 381-
21. Jeffrey, Arthur. The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'ān. Baroda: Oriental Institute, 1938.
22. __________. Materials for the History of the Text of the Qur'ān. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1937.
23. Juynboll, G. H. A. The Authenticity of the Tradition Literature. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969.
24. Khoury, Raif-Georges. "Pour une nouvelle compréhension de la transmission des texts dans les trois premiers sičcles islamiques," Arabica, 34(1987): 191-
25. Kister, M. J. "Adam: A Study of some Legends in Tafsīr and Hadīth Literature," Israel Oriental Studies 13(1993).
26. Lester, Toby. "What is the Koran?" The Atlantic Monthly (Jan. 1999): 43-56.
27. Lichtenstadter, I. Muhammad, the Apostle of God and His Ascension. Uppsala and Wiesbaden: 1955.
28. Lopez-Morillas, Consuelo. The Qur'ān in Sixteenth Century Spain: Six Morisco Versions of Sūra 79. London: Tamesis Books Ltd., 1982.
29. Macdonald, J. "Joseph in the Qur'ān and Muslim Commentary," The Muslim World 46(1956): 113-31; 207-24.
30. Merguerian, G. K. and Najmabodi, A. "Zulaykha and Yusuf: Whose 'Best Story'?" IJMES 29 no. 4 (Nov. 1997): 485-508.
31. Motzky, Harald. "The collection of the Qur'ān: A Reconsideration of Western Views in Light of Recent Methodological Developmennts," Der Islam, 78 (2001): 1-34.
32. Nagel, Tilman. "Die Inschriften im Felsendom und das Islamische Glaubensbekenntnis: Der Koran und die Anfänge des hadīth," Arabica 47 (2000): 329-365.
33. Neuwirth, Angelika. "Observations on Early Quran Manuscripts in Sana'a," in The Qurān As Text. Edited by Stefan Wild. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997.
34. Osman, Ghada. "Oral Vs. Written Tradition," Arabica, 48(2001): 66-80.
35. Rippin, Andrew. "The Present Status of Tafsir Studies," Muslim World lxxii(1982): 224-38.
36. ________. The Exegetical Genre of asbāb al-nuzūl: A Bibliographical and Terminological Survey."BSOAS68.1(1985):1-15.
37. ________. "The Function of asbāb al-nuzūl in Qur'ānic Exegesis." BSOAS 51(1988):1-20.
38. ________. "Al-Zarkashi and al-Suyuti on the Function of the "Occasions of Revelation" Material." Islamic Culture Vol.109, no.3 (July 1985):243-258.
39. ________. "Reading the Qur'ān with Richard Bell." JAOS 112.4(1992): 1-16.
40. Rippin, Andrew. "Studying Early Tafsir Texts." Der Islam 72:2(1995):310-323.
41. ________. "Tafsīr Ibn 'Abbās and Criteria for Dating Early Tafsīr Texts. JSAI 18(1994): 38-84.
42. ________. Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur'ān. Oxford: 1988.
43. Robson, J. An Introduction to the Science of Tradition. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1953.
44. Schacht, J. Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950.
45. Sellheim, Rudolf. "Abu `Ali al-Qali - Zum Problem muendlicher und Schriftlicher Ueberlieferung am Beispiel von Sprichtwoertersammlungen," in Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991.
46. Stowasser, Barbara F. Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
47. Watt, W. Montgomery. Bell's Introduction to the Qur'ān: Comepletely Revised and Enlarged. Islamic Surveys Series, no. 8. Edinburgh University Press, 1970.
48. Wansbrough, John. Quranic Studies. Oxford University Press, 1977.
49. ________. The Sectarian Milieu. Oxford University Press, 1978.
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53. Whelan, Estelle."Forgotten Witness: Evidence for the Early Codification of the Qur'ān," Journal of the American Oriental Society, 118.1(1998): 1-14.
54. Wild, S. The Qurān As Text: Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science, Vol 27. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997.

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