26 March 2021: Stefanie Brinkmann "What’s in Genre? Defining Hadith Commentary"

Lecture: 26 March 2021, 14.00-15.30
Title: What’s in Genre? Defining Hadith Commentary

Starting with the definition of commentary by Eric van Lit, and hadith commentary by Joel Blecher, the presentation sheds a light on the restrictions of these definitions and illustrates problematic issues and border cases for the field of hadith commentary. The presentation is part of the lecture series of the working group “Practices of Commentary” (https://globalcommentary.utoronto.ca).