In search of the original koran
Subtitle: the true story of the revealed text
By: Mondher Sfar.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781591025214
Subjects: Koran -- Evidences, authority, etc; Islam -- Controversial literature
Work titles: Coran est-il authentique.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Koran is not the original one; title: Transmission of meaning; title: The theory of variants; title: The variants of the Koran; title: From variation to manipulation; title: The Satanic revelations; title: By the Prophet's side; title: Other ambiguities of the mode of revelation; title: The whole revelation?; title: Lost or not-retained texts; title: Brief prayers removed from the Koran; title: On interpolation; title: The components of the Koran; title: The verses: a late invention; title: The surahs; title: The preambles; title: The mysterious letters; title: The division of surahs; title: The Basmala and al-Rahmān; title: The titles of surahs; title: Writings of the Koran; title: The difficulties of the writing; title: The myth of "Uthmān "; title: The manuscript of Samarkand; title: The myth of authenticity; title: The scribal function; title: Stereotypes and phraseology; title: The practice of recomposition; title: Al-Qurʾān, a scribal work; title: Myths and prejudices; title: The myth of originality; title: From the kitâb to the Qurʾān; title: The myth of the collection; title: The myth of perfect transmission; title: The myth of inimitability; title: Authenticity of the wahy; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: the solar eclipse on january 27th, 632; title: The sole scientific date; title: A great enigma; title: A conjugal psychodrama; title: The eclipse and the farewell pilgrimage.