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Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts
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2011
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This unique work takes a method of textual analysis commonly used in studies of ancient Western and Eastern manuscripts and applies it to twenty-one early Qur'an manuscripts. Keith Small analyzes a defined portion of text from the Qur'an with two aims in view: to recover the earliest form of text for this portion, and to trace the historical development of this portion to the current form of the text of the Qur'an. Small concludes that though a significantly early edited form of the consonantal text of the Qur'an can be recovered, its original forms of text cannot be obtained. He also documents the further editing that was required to record the Arabic text of the Qur'an in a complete phonetic script, as well as providing an explanation for much of the development of various recitation systems of the Qur'an. This controversial, thought-provoking book provides a rigorous examination into the history of the Qur'an and will be of great interest to Quranic Studies scholars.
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2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4289-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4291-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
210
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Abbreviations and Misc. Conventions No access
Arabic Transliteration System No access
1 A Critical Text for the Qur’ān? No access
2 Descriptions and Pictures of the Manuscripts No access
Subsection One: Orthographic Variants for Alif, Yā, and Ḥamza Vowels No access
Subsection Two: Orthographic Variants Involving Proper Names No access
4 Copyist Mistakes No access
5 Diacritical Mark Variants and Variants Affecting Grammar No access
6 Rasm Variants No access
7 Variant Verse Divisions No access
8 Physical Corrections to Manuscripts No access
9 Variants in Manuscripts Compared to Those in Islamic Records No access
10 Intentionality and Non-intentionality with Variants No access
11 Oral and Written Textual Transmission No access
12 Concluding Reflections No access
Bibliography No access Pages 189 - 200
Qur'ān Manuscripts Index No access Pages 201 - 202
