Textual Criticism And Qur An Manuscripts

Author : Keith E. Small
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780739142912

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Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts by Keith E. Small Pdf

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.

Author : James R. White
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441260529

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What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an by James R. White Pdf

A Look Inside the Sacred Book of One of the World's Fastest-Growing Religions What used to be an exotic religion of people halfway around the world is now the belief system of people living across the street. Through fair, contextual use of the Qur'an as the primary source text, apologist James R. White presents Islamic beliefs about Christ, salvation, the Trinity, the afterlife, and other important topics. White shows how the sacred text of Islam differs from the teachings of the Bible in order to help Christians engage in open, honest discussions with Muslims.

Author : John L. Esposito
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 019974596X

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The Future of Islam by John L. Esposito Pdf

John L. Esposito is one of America's leading authorities on Islam. Now, in this brilliant portrait of Islam today-- and tomorrow-- he draws on a lifetime of thought and research to provide an accurate, richly nuanced, and revelatory account of the fastest growing religion in the world. Here Esposito explores the major questions and issues that face Islam in the 21st century and that will deeply affect global politics: Is Islam compatible with modern notions of democracy, rule of law, gender equality, and human rights? How representative and widespread is Islamic fundamentalism and the threat of global terrorism? Can Muslim minority communities be loyal citizens in America and Europe? In the midst of these questions Esposito places an important emphasis on the issue of Islamophobia, the threat it poses, and its vast impact on politics and society in the US and Europe. He also turns the mirror on the US and Europe and paints a revealing portrait of how we appear to Muslims. Recent decades have brought extraordinary changes in the Muslim world, and in addressing these issues, Esposito paints a complex picture of Islam in all its diversity--a picture of urgent importance as we face the challenges of the coming century.

Author : Christoph Luxenberg
Publisher : Verlag Hans Schiler
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Koran
ISBN : 9783899300888

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The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran by Christoph Luxenberg Pdf

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Author : Daniel B. Wallace
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825489068

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Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament by Daniel B. Wallace Pdf

How much did the theological arguments of the church affect the copying of the New Testament text? Focusing on issues of textual criticism, this inaugural volume of the Text and Canon of the New Testament series offers some answers to that question and responds to some of Bart Ehrman's views about the transmission of the New Testament text. Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament will be a valuable resource for those working in textual criticism, patristics, and New Testament apocryphal literature.

Author : Francois Deroche
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300262834

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The One and the Many by Francois Deroche Pdf

A revelatory account of early Islam’s great diversity by the world’s leading scholar of early Qur’anic manuscripts “There is no one better placed than François Déroche to write the history—and tell the story—of how the Quran went from words uttered by Muhammad to inviolable canonical scripture. This is a meticulous, lucid, and fascinating book.”—Shawkat Toorawa, Yale University According to Muslim dogma, the recited and written text of the Qur’an as we know it today scrupulously reflects the divine word as it was originally sent down to Muhammad. An examination of early Islamic sources, including accounts of prophetic sayings, all of them compared with the oldest Qur’anic manuscripts, reveal that plurality was in fact the outstanding characteristic of the genesis and transmission of the Qur’an, both textually and orally. By piecing together information about alternative wordings eliminated from the canonical version that gradually came to be imposed during the first centuries of Islam, François Déroche shows that the Qur’an long remained open to textual diversity. Not only did the faithful initially adopt a flexible attitude toward the Qur’anic text, an attitude strikingly at odds with the absolute literalism later enforced by Muslim orthodoxy, but Muhammad himself turns out to have been more concerned with the meaning than the letter of the divine message.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004393141

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Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies by Anonim Pdf

Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies commemorates the life and works of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) as a scholar and consul in Berlin and Damascus. It also illustrates contemporary developments in manuscript collecting and Oriental studies.

Author : Craig A. Evans
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781683071624

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Jesus and the Manuscripts by Craig A. Evans Pdf

Jesus and the ManuscriptsCraig A. Evans Jesus and the Manuscripts, by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. Evans, introduces readers to the diversity and complexity of the ancient literature that records the words and deeds of Jesus. This diverse literature includes the familiar Gospels of the New Testament, the much less familiar literature of the Rabbis and of the Qur'ān, and the extracanonical narratives and brief snippets of material found in fragments and inscriptions. This book critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion. Evans argues that the Gospel of Thomas is not early or independent of the New Testament Gospels but that it should be dated to the late second century. He also argues that Secret Mark, like the recently published Gospel of Jesus' Wife, is probably a modern forgery. Of special interest is the question of how long the autographs of New Testament writings remained in circulation. Evans argues that the evidence suggests that most of these autographs remained available for copying and study for more than one hundred years and thus stabilized the text. Key points and features: - Written by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. Evans - Includes 20+ pages of high-quality color photos - Walks readers through the various works of ancient literature, both biblical and non-biblical, that mention Jesus - Critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion

Author : Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Aʻẓamī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1926620097

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The History of the Qurʹānic Text by Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Aʻẓamī Pdf

Author : Signe Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666901610

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Textual Criticism and Sacred Texts by Signe Cohen Pdf

Textual criticism is vital to scholars of ancient sacred texts, whether they are studying the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur’an, or the scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, or Taoism. This book compares and contrasts the methodologies in different subfields and proposes a common ground for future textual scholarship.

Author : Susannah Heschel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998-04-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226329598

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Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus by Susannah Heschel Pdf

Was Jesus the founder of Christianity or a teacher of Judaism? When 19th-century German religious reformer Abraham Geiger argued the latter, he began a debate that continues to this day. Here Susannah Heschel traces the genesis of Geiger's contention and examines the reaction to it within Christian theology. 3 photos.

Author : Asma Hilali
Publisher : Qur'anic Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198793790

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The Sanaa Palimpsest by Asma Hilali Pdf

This volume provides a new annotated edition of the two layers of the 'Sanaa palimpsest', one of the oldest Qur'an manuscripts yet discovered, together with a critical introduction that offers new hypotheses concerning the transmission of the Qur'an during the first centuries of Islam. The palimpsest contains two superimposed Qur'anic texts within two layers of writing, on thirty-eight leaves of parchment collectively numbered MS 01-27.1 in the Dar al-Makhtutat (lit. 'the House of Manuscripts') in Sanaa, Yemen. The palimpsest's lower text, which has been dated to the first century of Islam (seventh century CE), was subsequently erased and the parchment was later reused for writing another Qur'anic text, which remains visible in natural light. This upper text is thought to date from the second century of Islam (eighth century CE). The two layers were imaged in 2007 by a French-Italian mission. Both Qur'anic texts are fragmented and present aspects of work in progress. In its lower layer, the manuscript offers the oldest witness of a reading instruction in a Qur'an text and perhaps even in any Arabic text. Such peculiarities offer rare evidence as to how the Qur'an was transmitted, taught and written down in the first centuries of Islam. In this book, Asma Hilali presents an annotated edition of the texts, together with a critical introduction. These contextualise the volume within the field of Qur'an manuscript studies, and engage with the historical and institutional contexts of transmission of the Qur'anic passages. The volume also makes systematic reference to previous studies and partial editions of the same manuscript.

Author : Mark Robert Anderson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830893430

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The Qur'an in Context by Mark Robert Anderson Pdf

For Westerners the Qur'an is a deeply foreign book. Christians who venture within this sacred scripture of Islam encounter a world where echoes of biblical figures and themes resound. But the Qur'an speaks in accents and forms that defy our expectations. For it captures an oral recitation of an open-ended drama, one rooted in seventh-century Arabia. Its context of people, events and ideas strikes us not only as poetically allusive but as enigmatic. And yet the Qur'an and its contested interpretations scroll in shadowed text between the headlines of our daily news. In The Qur'an in Context Mark Anderson offers a gateway into the original world and worldview of the Qur'an. With keen attention to the Qur'an's character, reception and theology, he opens up a hermeneutical space for Christians and others to engage its fabric of religious claims. The Qur'an's theology, anthropology, soteriology, spirituality as well as its portrayal of Jesus are all carefully examined. Finally, the Qur'an's claim to be the Bible's sequel is probed and evaluated. Forthright in Christian conviction and yet sympathetically open to dialogue, The Qur'an in Context is a reliable guide for those who want to explore the holy book of Islam in its varied facets.

Author : David Hollenberg,Christoph Rauch,Sabine Schmidtke
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004289765

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The Yemeni Manuscript Tradition by David Hollenberg,Christoph Rauch,Sabine Schmidtke Pdf

The Yemeni Manuscript Tradition offers new scholarly contributions to the study of the manuscript codex and Zaydi scholastic culture in Yemen from the rise of the Islam to the modern period.

Author : Gabriel Said Reynolds
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 1029 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300181326

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The Qur'an and the Bible by Gabriel Said Reynolds Pdf

"While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. Noted religious scholar Gabriel Said Reynolds draws on centuries of Qur'anic and Biblical studies to offer rigorous and revelatory commentary on how these holy books are intrinsically connected."--Dust jacket.