Monthly Archives: November 2010

Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought by Daniel Brown One of the best books out there. Charts the history of hadith/sunna within Islam, with a focus on the debates surrounding their legitimacy. Summary here: https://pressthat.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/rethinking-tradition-in-modern-islamic-thought-by-daniel-brown/ Read book online here: https://www.scribd.com/document/116836545/Rethinking-Traditions-in-Modern-Islamic-Thought-Daniel-w-Brown

Transmission and Collection of Hadith by Jonathan Brown https://ahadithstudies.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/brown-hadith-collection.pdf (right click, save as) Or here.

Western debates over reliability and authenticity of Prophetic traditions (Hadith) Jonathan Brown gives a summary: http://www.scribd.com/doc/42081132/Western-Debates-on-Reliability-of-Hadith

Jonathan Brown gives a summary on the history and methods of Hadith criticism: http://www.scribd.com/doc/41077970/Summary-of-Hadith-Criticism

An Introduction to Hadith by John Burton Burton-Introduction-Hadith.pdf (right click, save as)