• Biography of Ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī
• His Name, Lineage, and Teknonym
• His Birth and Upbringing
• His Journeys in Pursuit of Knowledge
• Scholars’ Praise for Him
• His Physical and Moral Qualities
• His Most Prominent Teachers
• His Most Prominent Students
• His Works
• His Death
• Al-Tabarī’s Methodology in His Commentary
• Al-Tabarī’s Sources
• Previous Editions of the Commentary
• Methodology of the Critical Edition
• Description of the Manuscripts
• Assessment of the Recurrent Weak Chains of Transmission