Reconstruction of a Source of Ibn Is??q's Life of the Prophet and Early Qur??n Exegesis

This important work is a source-critical study of a group of traditions (a??d?th) found in Ibn Is??q's Biography (S?ra) of the prophet Mu?ammad, widely considered one of the most important early historical texts on the Prophet's life. Through a meticulous isn?d-cum-matn analysis, the author reveals that Ibn Is??q relied on Mu?ammad b. Ab? Mu?ammad, a hitherto undocumented source of his. Important new light is also shed on problems with Ibn Hish?m's recension of Ibn Is??q's S?ra.