The History Of Quranic Text

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Title Page Title Page The History of the Quranic Text Contents Preface I History of Quran Ch1 Introduction Ch2 Islamic History 1 Pre-Islamic Arabia i Geo-Political ii Ibrahim and Makka iii Qusayy controls iv Tribal Makkah v Qusayy to the Prophet vi Religious conditions 2 The Prophet i Birth ii Amin iii Messenger iv Abu Bakr v Open preaching vi Temptations vii Boycott viii Bay'at 'Aqabah ix Assassination plot x Madinah xi Prelude to Badr xii Khubayb executed xiii Conquest of Makkah 3 Abu Bakr i Apostasies ii Syria 4 Umar & Uthman: Conquests 5 Conclusion Ch3 Revelations & the Prophet 1 Creator's attributes i Man's purpose ii Prophets' message 2 Final message 3 Receving revelations i Beginning ii Impact of recitation 4 Roles in the Quran 5 Reciting in turn: Jibril 6 Orientalist claims 7 Conclusion Ch4 Teaching 1 Incentives 2 Makkan period i Prophet ii Companions iii Outcome 3 Madani period i Prophet ii Dialects iii Companions 4 Huffaz 5 Conclusion Ch5 Recording and arrangement 1 Makkan period 2 Madani period i Scribes ii Dictation iii Recording was common 3 Arrangement i Verses within suras ii Suras iii Suras in partial mushafs 4 Conclusion Ch6 Written compilation 1 Abu Bakr's reign i Zaid ibn Thabit ii Zaid's credentials iii Abu Bakr's instructions iv Zaid and written materials v Zaid and oral sources vi Authentication: final verses of bara'a vii Suhuf in archives 2 Umar's role 3 Conclusion Ch7 Uthman's mushaf 1 Disputes and response 2 Mushaf from suhuf 3 Independent copy i Committe of 12 ii Arranging iii Aisha's suhuf iv Hafsa's suhuf 4 Sanction and distribution i Final reading ii Number of copies iii Burning iv Reciters v Instructions 5 Studies i Mushaf Malik ibn Abi Amir al-Asbahi 6 Hajjaj's contribution 7 In marketplace 8 Conclusion Ch8 Reading Aids 1 Sura separators 2 Ayah Separators 3 Conclusion Ch9 Paleography 1 Arabic characters 2 Early documents, inscriptions i Nabatean, Arabic ii Nabatean language? iii Arabic alphabet iv Scripts 3 Conclusion Ch10 Quranic paleography, orthography 1 Writing styles 2 Uthman's Mushaf 3 Dotting scheme i Skeletal dots ii Diacritics iii Two schemes 4 Sources of schemes 5 Irregularities 6 Conclusion Ch11 Variant readings 1 Qira'aat 2 The need 3 Orientalist view 4 Secondary causes 5 Synonyms 6 Conclusion Ch12 Educational Methodology 1 Hunger 2 Personal contact 3 Isnad i Proliferation 4 Authentication i Trustworthiness A Morality B Sound knowledge C Classification ii Unbroken chain iii Other evidence iv Misleading isnad 5 First generations 6 Preserving books i Conditions for books ii Glosses iii Authorship 7 Reading certificates i Reading notes A Transmission of anthologies B Ibn Maja readings 8 Impact of hadith method 9 Isnad and Quran 10 Conclusion Ch13 Ibn Mas'ud's Mushaf 1 Arrangement 2 Text 3 Omission i Contents ii Beliefs 4 Inclusion in the Quran i Principles ii Violators punished 5 Conclusion II History of Bible 14 Jewish history 1 Pre-Kingdom Ishmael, Isaac Jacob deceives father Father-in-law cheats Jacob wrestles God Jacob's family Moses Israelies ordered to steal Israelites at Exodus 2kk Tablets, calf Wilderness Judges 2 Kingdom Saul (1020-1000) David (1000-962) Solomon (962-931) i Divided Kngdom A Israel 1 Jeroboam 931-910 2 Nadab - Jehoram 910-841 3 Jehu 841-814 4 Jehoahaz - Hoshua 814-724 B Judah 1 Rehoboam - Abijah 931-911 2 Asa - Jehoshaphat 911-848 3 Jehoram - Ahaz 848-716 4 Hezekiah 716-687 5 Manasseh - Amon 687-640 6 Josiah 640-609: Torah found 7 Jehoahaz - Zedekiah 609-587 ii 1st Temple 586, Babylon 586-538 iii Restoration, 2nd Temple 515 iv Hellena 333-168 Maccabees 168-135 v Maccabees 63 Rome, 2nd Temple 70 3 Conclusion 15 OT Corruption 1 OT History i From Jewish sources A Levites, Ark B Lost, rediscovered ii By modern scholars A Sources edited 5th-2nd CE 2 Jewish literary culture i OT original language ii Canaanite, Assyrian iii Torah sources A Jewish B Non-Jewish 3 History of Oral Law 4 Masorah: Hebrew text i 31 MT 5 Authoritative text search i Council of Jamnia ii Traditions of OT iii Samaritan vs Jewish Pentateuch iv Unintentional corruption v Doctrinal alteration vi No OT text till 100CE vii OT fixed in 10th century viii Masora Textual Integristy 6 Islamic source of Jewish revival i Pointing and vocalization ii Masoretic activity 7 Date of OT text i Qumran, Dead Sea ii Counter view 8 Examples 9 Conclusion 16 Christian History 1 Did Jesus Exist? i Non-Christian references ii Christian circles A Secondary sources iii Christ's mother-tongue iv Christ: Moral attributes A Gay? B Adulterous? 2 Disciples i Remarks 3 Message: Repent i Scope ii Creeds iii "Christian"? 4 Persecution 5 Early practice & belief 6 Conclusion 17 NT authorship, corruption 1 Q - A challenge 2 Authorship 3 Inspired Gospels? 4 NT Transmission i Text types ii Recensions 5 Textual corruption i Variant readings ii Scribal alteration 6 Erasmus, Comma Johanneum 7 Contemporary corruption 8 Early MSs vs doctrine 9 Conclusion III Orientalist Research Ch18 Quran 1 Distortions 2 Compilation 3 Foreign idiom 4 Appropriation i Botched ii Counterfeit Bible 5 Deliberate distortion i Flugel ii Blachere iii Mingana 6 Puin i Only proof? 7 Conclusion Ch19 Motivations 1 Jewish analogue i Anti-semitic work ii Impartial anti-Jew? iii Jewish scholarly freedom 2 Muslim counterpoint i Isreali suppression ii [Hugronje] 3 Impartiality i Perspective: Jews, Christians, Romans ii Impartiality 4 Pressures and Motives i Colonialization ii History rewritten 5 Conclusion Ch20 Closing remarks Bibliography Index