In this tutorial students will be reading texts from the early Islamic tradition (Hadith) and its varieties: the Sira literature (the life of the Prophet), historiography and early Islamic law. The readings will include an analysis of the contents of traditions and their chains of transmitters. Also discussed will be the nature of these traditions and their formation, parallel traditions, and important collections of traditions. A detailed list of the texts and bibliography can be found at the course’s Virtual on-line site.

*** Students in the Islamic Studies track are required to take the “Tutorial in religious–historiographical texts B”. Students in the Arabic Language and Literature track are required to take either “'Tutorial in religious–historiographical texts A” or “Tutorial in religious–historiographical texts B”