Originally published in French as: Le Coran, une histoire plurielle: essai sur la formation du texte coranique. Paris XIXe: Éditions du Seuil, 2019. Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.
Contents:
Glossary. 1. Clausulae and the Hadith of the seven Ahruf – 2. The Qur'an and orality in the first decades of Islam -- 3. Muslim tradition on the early stages of the written transmission of the Qur'an -- 4. The lesson of the manuscripts -- 5. Clausulae and the Hadith of the seven Ahruf – Conclusion – Glossary.
Summary:
A revelatory account of early Islam's great diversity by the world's leading scholar of early Qur'anic manuscripts.
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