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The origins of the Koran : classic essays on Islam's holy book / edited by Ibn Warraq

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Prometheus Books, 1998Description: 411 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 157392198X
  • 9781573921985
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Origins of the Koran.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 297.12 W286O 21
LOC classification:
  • BP131 .O74 1998
Contents:
Introduction / Ibn Warraq -- The Koran / Theodor Nöldeke -- ʻUthman and the recension of the Koran / Leone Caetani -- Three ancient Korans / Alphonse Mingana -- The transmission of the Koran / Alphonse Mingana -- Materials for the history of the text of the Koran / Arthur Jeffery -- Progress in the study of the Koran text / Arthur Jeffery -- A variant text of the Fatiha / Arthur Jeffery -- Abu ʻUbaid on the verses missing from the Koran / Arthur Jeffery -- Textual variations of the Koran / David Margoliouth -- What did Muhammad borrow from Judaism? / Abraham Geiger -- The sources of Islam / W. St. Clair-Tisdall -- The Jewish foundation of Islam / Charles Cutler Torrey -- Literary analysis of Koran, tafsir, and sira : the methodologies of John Wansbrough / Andrew Rippin
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-408)

Introduction / Ibn Warraq -- The Koran / Theodor Nöldeke -- ʻUthman and the recension of the Koran / Leone Caetani -- Three ancient Korans / Alphonse Mingana -- The transmission of the Koran / Alphonse Mingana -- Materials for the history of the text of the Koran / Arthur Jeffery -- Progress in the study of the Koran text / Arthur Jeffery -- A variant text of the Fatiha / Arthur Jeffery -- Abu ʻUbaid on the verses missing from the Koran / Arthur Jeffery -- Textual variations of the Koran / David Margoliouth -- What did Muhammad borrow from Judaism? / Abraham Geiger -- The sources of Islam / W. St. Clair-Tisdall -- The Jewish foundation of Islam / Charles Cutler Torrey -- Literary analysis of Koran, tafsir, and sira : the methodologies of John Wansbrough / Andrew Rippin

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