Textual criticism and Qur'an manuscripts
By: Keith E. Small
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739142899; 9780739142912
Subjects: Koran; Criticism, interpretation; Hermeneutics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Table of contents; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations and conventions; title: Arabic transliteration system; title: I: Introduction and manuscripts: 1. A critical text for the Qur'an?; title: 2. Descriptions and pictures of the manuscripts; title: II: Observing the textual variants: 3. Orthographic variants involving long vowels; title: 4. Copyist mistakes; title: 5. Diacritical mark variants and variants affecting grammar; title: 6. Rasm variants; title: 7. Variant verse divisions; title: 8. Physical corrections to manuscripts; title: III: Evaluating the textual variants: 9. Variants in manuscripts compared to Islamic records; title: 10. Intentionality and non-intentionality with variants; title: 11. Oral and written textual transmission; title: IV: Conclusions: 12. Concluding reflections; title: Bibliography; title: Index.