from revelation to compilation : a comparative study with the Old and New Testaments /
Muḥammad Muṣṭafā Al-'Aẓamī
Leicester :
UK Islamic Academy,
2003
xxii, 376 p. :
ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-356) and index
I. The history of the Qurʼānic text. Introduction -- Early history of Islam: a brief look -- Revelations and the prophet Muḥammad -- Teaching the Qurʼān -- The recording and arrangement of the Qurʼān -- The written compilation of the Qurʼān -- ʻUthmān's Muṣḥaf -- The evolution of reading aids within the Muṣḥaf -- The history of Arabic palaeography -- Arabic paleography and orthography in the Qurʼān -- Causes of variant reading -- The Muslim educational methodology -- The so-called Muṣḥaf of Ibn Masʻūd and alleged variances therein -- II. The history of the biblical scriptures. Early history of Judaism: a brief look -- The Old Testament and its corruption -- Early history of Christianity: a brief look -- The New Testament: its anonymous authorship and corruption -- III. An appraisal of orientalism. The orientalist and the Qurʼān -- Orientalist motivations: a study of subjectivity -- Closing remarks