Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. ILLUSTRATIONS IX
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I Authority
7. Chapter 1. Genealogies of the Text 13
8. Chapter 2. The Pen and the Sword 37
9. Chapter 3. Disenchantment 54
10. PART II Transmission
11. Chapter 4. Audition 73
12. Chapter 5. The New Method 99
13. Chapter 6. Print Culture 115
14. PART III INTERPRETATION
15. Chapter 7. Relations of Interpretation 133
16. Chapter 8. Sharfa Society 152
17. Chapter 9. Judicial Presence 167
18. Chapter 10. Court Order 187
19. PART IV INSCRIPTION
20. Chapter 11. Evidence of the Word 201
21. Chapter 12. Spiral Texts 231
22. Conclusion 251
23. BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE 257
24. GLOSSARY 259
25. NOTES 265
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 317
27. INDEX 333