TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Small,Keith E.
TI  - Textual criticism and Qur'an manuscripts
SN  - 9780739177532 (pbk)
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Lanham, Md. ; Plymouth. :
PB  - Lexington Books,
KW  - Qur'an -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
KW  - Qur'an -- Hermeneutics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents: Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and conventions -- Arabic transliteration system -- I: Introduction and manuscripts: 1. A critical text for the Qur'an? -- 2. Descriptions and pictures of the manuscripts -- II: Observing the textual variants: 3. Orthographic variants involving long vowels -- 4. Copyist mistakes -- 5. Diacritical mark variants and variants affecting grammar -- 6. Rasm variants -- 7. Variant verse divisions -- 8. Physical corrections to manuscripts -- III: Evaluating the textual variants: 9. Variants in manuscripts compared to Islamic records -- 10. Intentionality and non-intentionality with variants -- 11. Oral and written textual transmission -- IV: Conclusions: 12. Concluding reflections -- Bibliography -- Index
ER  -