04497cam a2200637Mu 4500 ocn875098851 OCoLC 20200709060112.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140329s2011 xx ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP YDXCP N$T E7B OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO IDEBK OCLCQ YDX OCLCQ IOG CCO K6U LOA COCUF MERUC ZCU ICG COO IDK 875640537 1000232173 9780739142912 (electronic bk.) 0739142917 (electronic bk.) 1306548489 (ebk) 9781306548489 (ebk) 9780739142899 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739142895 (cloth : alk. paper) 747059 (N$T) (OCoLC)875098851 (OCoLC)875640537 (OCoLC)1000232173 586099 MIL BP130.45 .S58 2011 REL 037000 bisacsh 297.1/226 297.1226 MAIN Small, Keith E., 1959- Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011. 1 online resource (245 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Arabic transliteration system -- Introductory matters. A critical text for the Qur'ān? -- Descriptions and pictures of the manuscripts -- Observing the textual variants. Orthographic variants involving long vowels -- Copyist mistakes -- Diacritical mark variants and variants affecting grammar -- Rasm variants -- Variant verse divisions -- Physical corrections to manuscripts -- Evaluating the textual variants. Variants in manuscripts compared to those in Islamic records -- Intentionality and non-intentionality with variants -- Oral and written textual transmission -- Conclusions. Concluding reflections. This book pursues the two main goals of textual criticism concerning ancient texts to the text of the Qur'an: 1) to discern the earliest available form of the text, and 2) to illuminate the consequent history of the text. Keith Small shows that the earliest obtainable text is an early edited form of the Arabic consonantal text, but not the original texts described in Islamic historical sources. 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"--Publisher description. Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and indexes. Master record variable field(s) change: 630 Qurʼan Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Qurʼan. fast (OCoLC)fst01842877 Qurʼan Hermeneutics. Qur'an Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. RELIGION Islam General. bisacsh Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Small, Keith E. Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2011 9780739142899 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=747059 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1658993 ebrary EBRY ebr10854226 EBSCOhost EBSC 747059 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis27881623 YBP Library Services YANK 3550031 92 N$T 54664 54664