Harald Motzki (1948–2019) was a German-trained
Islamic scholar
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of reli ...
who wrote on the transmission of
hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
. He received his PhD in Islamic Studies in 1978 from the
University of Bonn
The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...
. He was Professor of Islamic Studies at
Nijmegen University
Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...
(Radboud Universitet Nijmegen) in the Netherlands.
Motzki has been called by fellow scholar of Islam,
Christopher Melchert
Christopher Melchert is an American professor and scholar of Islam, specialising in Islamic movements and institutions, especially during the ninth and tenth centuries. A prolific author, he is professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the U ...
, "the undisputed dean of
hadith studies
Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism)
consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...
".
Motzki died on February 8, 2019.
See also
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Islamic scholars
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
*
History of Hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
References
Bibliography
*''Analyzing Muslim Traditions: Studies in Legal, Exegetical and Maghazi Hadith'' (2009)
ith Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort and Sean W. Anthony)
*''Hadith: Origins and Developments'' (2004)
*''The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence'' (2002) [with Marion H. Katz
*''The Biography of Muhammad: The Issue of the Sources'' (2000), Brill Academic Pub.
Festschrifts
*''The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honor of Harald Motzki'', Brill Academic Pub.
Dutch Islamic studies scholars
Hadith scholars
Non-Muslim scholars of Islamic jurisprudence
1948 births
2019 deaths
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