The Living Qur'ān.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hussain, Ali J.

Series:

IQSA Studies in the Qurʾan Series

IQSA Studies in the Qurʾan Series ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--History.

Qurʼan.

Qurʼan--Criticism, Textual.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

This work aims to distill the findings of a wide variety of scholarly disciplines into a coherent narrative of the Qur’ān’s history, from the first oral recitation to the four published Variants in active circulation today. In the process of unraveling the complicated relationships between the oral Qur’ān and the written Qur’ān, it becomes clear that there are, in fact, two histories of the Qur’ān and that the overall history of the Qur’ān cannot be appreciated without understanding the interactions between these two occasionally intertwined but often independent component histories. Discrepancies between the four qur’ānic Variants that are in active use today are indexed and analyzed. While most scholarship views the Qur’ān either in relation to its past and its possible origins, or in relation to its contemporary status as a static, fixed text, this work adopts an organic, developmental approach recognizing that the Qur’ān is a living text that continues to evolve.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Contents

Abbreviations for Commonly Cited Sources

Note on Definitions, Conventions, Style, and Aims

Introduction

Part I: The Written Qur'ān

The Qur'ān's Origins

Semitic Precursors

The Arabic Language and Its Script

The Paper Revolution

Verse, Chapter, and Other Divisions

Part II: The Oral Qur'ān

The Inherent Orality of the Qur'ān

Interactions Between the Written and Oral Qur'ān

Versions of the Oral Qur'ān

The Qur'ānic 'Cambrian Explosion' and the Seven Aḥruf

Delimiting the Proliferation

Part III: The Qur'ān Today

Transmission

Canonization

Four Active Qur'āns in Print Today

Methodology and Statistical Analysis

Conclusion

Timeline

Appendices

Appendix A Underrepresented and Misrepresented Qur'ānic Minorities

Appendix B Plates/Images

Appendix C Discrepancy Indexes - Scans

Appendix D Discrepancy Indexes - Patterns and Categories

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-11-079501-9

OCLC:

1380734901