I Prefatory Remarks 1 II Auspicious Dawn 7 III Growing ʻOut of Wedlockʼ? 27 IV Traditionalists versus Pragmatists 34 V The Dark Interlude 50 VI Generating Transmission under Sacred Inspiration 59 VII Concluding Remarks 79 Bibliography 81 Primary Sources and Abbreviations 81 Secondary Sources 86 Acknowledgements and Postscript 94 Additional Secondary Sources 96