The one and the many : the early history of the Qur'an / Francois Déroche, translated from the French by Malcom DeBevoise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Déroche, François, author.

Contributor:

DeBevoise, Malcom, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--History.

Qurʼan.

Qurʼan--Manuscripts.

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

A revelatory account of early Islam's great diversity by the world's leading scholar of early Qur'anic manuscripts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Genesis of the Qur’anic Text and the Sources of Variation

2. The Qur’an and Orality in the First Decades of Islam

3. Muslim Tradition on the Early Stages of the Written Transmission of the Qur’an

4. The Lesson of the Manuscripts

5. Clausulae and the Hadīth of the Seven Ahruf

Conclusion

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Deroche, Francois The One and the Many

ISBN:

0-300-26283-3

OCLC:

1296426599