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100	1		_aSmall, Keith E.
245	1	0	_aTextual criticism and Qur'an manuscripts / _h[manuscript] / _cby Keith E. Small.
260			_aLanham, Md. ; Plymouth. : : _bLexington Books,, _cc2011.
300			_axvi, 209 p., : _b[18] p. of plates : ill. ; ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	8		_aContents: 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.
650		4	_aQur'an -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History;
650		4	_aQur'an -- Hermeneutics;
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