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BL
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633040
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| Main Entry
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Small, Keith E.,1959-
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| Title & Author
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Textual criticism and Qur'ān manuscripts /\ Keith E. Small
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Lexington Books,, c2011
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xvi, 209 p., [18] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780739142899 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0739142895 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780739142912 (electronic)
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: 0739142917 (electronic)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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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
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Qurʼan-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- History
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Qurʼan-- Hermeneutics
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| Dewey Classification
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297.1/226
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| LC Classification
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BP130.45.S58 2011
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