The concept of transmission in early tafsir tradition

In the studies of tafsir history, it is generally emphasized that tafsir does not have an independent and unique mode of transmission. In particular, it is thought that the reports formed in the field of tafsir are transmitted in the field of hadith and it is seen that the exegesis is tried to be reflected as a field which is a section in the works of hadith. However, the data available about early period and the first tafsir studies that achieved us show that this is not the case. Moreover, when we carefully examine the historical information about early period, it is understood that tafsir is the first academic field among the other Islamic sciences. In this context, it is seen that the reports of early tafsir starting from the revelation period were transmitted in its own ways and although it has been subjected to different effects at times, this situation did not lead to a fundamental change. Based on this aspect, we have identified the emergence of the early tafsir transmission concept, the changes and transformations it has gone through the process and its reflections in the late periods as a research subject. In this context, in the first chapter, we initially examined the concrete tafsir works that reached us. Then, we discussed the emergence of the conception of tafsir transmission from the beginning of the revelation of the Qur'an to the tafsir's becoming a discipline. As a result of this process reading, we identified many original aspects of the character of the tafsir transmission style. Subsequently, we touched upon socio-cultural developments which determine the understanding of tafsir transmission. Also, we have demonstrated the role of this understanding in shaping the concept of transmission. In the second chapter, the effect of the hadith narration form on the concept of tafsir transmission and putting it under pressure has been included. We emphasized to what extent the tafsir works after the 3rd century of hijri corresponded to the narrative form and which studies represented whichstage. Afterwards, we tried to examine on various aspects what the indicators in which the narrative form is dominant in the tafsir field are. In the last chapter, we put forward the reflections of the concept of early tafsir transmission to the late period and tried to clarify the issue within the framework of certain issues.