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WorksheetsOrientalists' Studies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which statement is NOT true about the argument of Western scholars on the reliability of the Sirah?
Sirah has been written 150 - 250 years after the Prophet's death
There are many contradictory stories in Sirah
Sirah is independent source from the Quran
There are secondary tendencies that reflect political, theological or legal debates in sirah
Which one is NOT among the approaches to study Sirah Nabawiyya?
isnad-cum-matn analysis
single-person analysis
analysis of linguistic peculiarities of the texts
concentration on accounts that run contrary to new tradition
Who discussed on the arguments on Sirah Nabawiyyah?
Andreas Gorke
Andrew Rippin
Uri Rubin
Henry Lammen
Which one is NOT Motzki's criticism on the previous Western arguments in Hadith?
Argumentum E Silention of Schacht is invalid
Common Links are much earlier than previously thought
Major hadith transmitters reliably passing on reports from the future generation
Forgery cannot be applied in all hadith transmitters
Which statement is NOT true about Isnad cum matn analysis?
It makes use of two features that characterise a large percentage of Muslim traditions.
Common LInk is important before analysing matn and sanad
It is possible to find out who is responsible for changes or additions in the tradition.
It is easy to conduct and not time-consuming
Which aspect that Schacht and Goldziher are similar?
Common Link Theory
Theory of Fabrication
Back-Growth of Isnad
Skeptical approach
Which statement is NOT true about the differences between Schacht and Goldziher?
Goldziher focused on matn, while Scahcht focused on sanad
Schacht focused on the function of hadith in Islamic law, Goldziher focused on the fabricated hadith
Both concludes that Hadith cannot be assumed in any way to actually describe the Prophet’s life
Their differences is in the method of criticizing the hadith
Common Link Theory according to Schacht refers to:
A person who responsible in circulating the hadith
A person who responsible in circulating the hadith and fabricating the sanad
A person who responsible in circulating and fabricating the hadith
A person who responsible and fabricating the sanad
What is the main analysis of Mustafa Azami in refuting Schacht's analysis?
His reliance on a small number of sources to reach broad generalizations
His invalid argument
His understanding on the realities of early Islamic legal scholarship
His incomplete analysis because he focused on Isnad
Why Goldziher rejected oral transmission of the Hadith?
For him, authenticity is determined by writing sources
For him, the narrators are fabricated the hadith
For him, hadith cannot be referred as a document of the Prophet’s actual legacy
For him, none hadith is fabricated
Following are the examples of Quraish’s criticism towards the Quran, EXCEPT
They questioned the Islamic concept of eschatology
They rejected the concept that musyrikūn (unbelievers) end up in hell
They accepted the Quranic description of their behaviour
They believed the Prophet composed the Quran
What makes Aisyah added word “solat al-Asr” in verse 238 of Surah al-Baqarah in her mushaf?
To add the word without reason
To explain the meaning of the verse
To abrogate the word later
To disclarify particular meanings
Through his Syro-Aramaic reading, which orientalist has linked surah al-Kawthar with an inspiration from the Bible?
Arthur Jeffery
Christopher Luxenberg
Claude Gilliot
Michael Carter
Which one of the following orientalists has a contradict idea with John Wansbrough’s theory?
John Burton
Yahuda Nevo
Michael Cook
Patricia Crone
According to ______________, Verses 4 and 5 from Surah Al-Furqan are identified as locus classicus for the informant theory.
John Gilchrist
Claude Gilliot
Andrew Rippin
Joseph Azzi
The Following are the examples of words in the Quran that claimed originate from different languages. All are true EXCEPT
Qistas originates from Nabataean language
Firdaws originates from Roman Byzantine language
Istabraq originates from Persian language
Taha originates from Syrian language
In which form that John Wansbrough believes on the existence of the Quran, and later evolved to be the crystallized scripture?
Prophetic Logia
Argumentum e Silentio
Back-Growth of Isnad
Iinformant Theory
Criticism that Prophet Muhammad was an immoral man had been argued by many orientalists, EXCEPT
John Damascus
Eulogio of Cordoba
ʿAbd al-Masīḥ al-Kindī
Ibrahim al-Tabarani
In Liber de haeresibus, ______________ regarded Islam as one of a number of Christian heresies in which Muḥammad adopted the idea of creating a new religion from an Arian monk
John Damascus
Theodore Abu Qurrah
Leo III
Nikita
Which one is not among the purpose of oriental study according to Mustafa al-Siba'i?
Religious factor
Economic Factor
Political Factor
Communal Factor
