The history of the Qur'an
By: by Theodor Noldeke, Friedrich Schwally, Gotthelf Bergstrasser, Otto Pretzl ; edited and translated by Wolfgang H. Behn
Contributors: Schwally, Friedrich, 1863-1919; Bergsträsser, Gotthelf, 1886-1933; Pretzl, O. (Otto); Behn, Wolfgang
Series: Texts and studies on the Qur'an -- v. 8
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 666
ISBN-13: 9789004212343; 9789004228795
Subjects: Qurʼan
Work titles: Geschichte des Qorâns
Description: "This first complete translation of Theodor Nöldeke’s The History of the Qurʾān offers a foundational work of modern Qurʾānic studies to the English-speaking public. Nöldeke’s original publication, as revised and expanded over nearly three quarters of a century by his scholarly successors, Friedrich Schwally, Gotthelf Bergsträsser and Otto Pretzl, remains an indispensable resource for any scholarly work on the text of the Qurʾān. Nöldeke’s segmentation of the surahs into three Meccan periods and a Medinan one has shaped all subsequent discussions of the chronology of the Qurʾān. The revisions and expansions of Nöldeke’s initial discussions of the orthography and variant readings of the text have found a new audience among those contemporary scholars who seek to create a more sophisticated understanding of the Qurʾān’s textual development"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-643) and index.