The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East Book

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	Introduction George N. Atiyeh
1	From the Manuscript Age to the Age of Printed Books	1
2	The Koranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation	17
3	"Of Making Many Books There Is No End": The Classical Muslim View	33
4	Oral Transmission and the Book in Islamic Education	57
5	The Book of Life-Metaphors Connected with the Book in Islamic Literatures	71
6	Biographical Dictionaries: Inner Structure and Cultural Significance	93
7	The Book in the Grammatical Tradition: Development in Content and Methods	123
8	Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy	141
9	Some Illustrations in Islamic Scientific Manuscripts and Their Secrets	149
10	A Royal Manuscript and Its Transformation: The Life History of a Book	179
11	Faris Al-Shidyaq and the Transition from Scribal to Print Culture in the Middle East	209
12	The Book in the Modern Arab World: The Cases of Lebanon and Egypt	233
13	Mass Higher Education and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary Arab Societies	255
14	The Book in the Islamic World: A Selective Bibliography	273
	Appendix: Ottoman Imperial Documents Relating to the History of Books and Printing	283
	Notes on Contributors	293
	Index	297