Special features include: Interview with Angelika Neuwirth, Research Director, Corpus Coranicum (17 min.); Interview with Francois Deroche, Studies Director at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris (9 min, 30 sec.); Interview with Ferid Heider, Imam, Institute for the Dialogue of Cultures, Berlin. (20 min, 30 sec.) Ferid Heider, François Déroche.
Summary:
"This enlightening documentary explores the origins of the Koran, which according to Muslim tradition, has remained static and unchanged since its revelation to the prophet Mohammed between 610 and 632 CE in Mecca and Medina. However, recent discoveries of Koranic manuscripts analyzed by scientists, dating from around 680--the oldest in the world--indicate that the Koran my have a more complicated history. During the first century of Islam, different concurrent versions of the hioly book of Islam are believed to have existed and a number of different readings are possible due to the rudimentary nature of the writing in its early stages."--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)668214531
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.