The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qurʾān
The Problem of Tawātur and the Emergence of Shawādhdh
Biographical note
Shady Hekmat Nasser, Ph.D. (2011), Harvard University, is a senior Lector of Arabic at Yale University.
Readership
Professors and graduate students of Arabic and Islamic studies especially those interested in the Qurʾān, early Arabic poetry, and textual variants.
Table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The variant readings and the sabcat aḥruf of the Qur’ān
Chapter 2: Ibn Mujāhid and the canonization of the seven
Chapter 3: Ḥadd al-Qur’ān and the tawātur of the canonical Readings
Chapter 4: The transmission of the canonical Readings and the emergence of Shawādhdh
Chapter 5: The Nature of the Qur’ānic variants
Conclusion and future Research
Bibliography
Chapter 1: The variant readings and the sabcat aḥruf of the Qur’ān
Chapter 2: Ibn Mujāhid and the canonization of the seven
Chapter 3: Ḥadd al-Qur’ān and the tawātur of the canonical Readings
Chapter 4: The transmission of the canonical Readings and the emergence of Shawādhdh
Chapter 5: The Nature of the Qur’ānic variants
Conclusion and future Research
Bibliography
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