What the Koran really says :
What the Koran really says : language, text, and commentary /
edited with translations by Ibn Warraq.
- Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2002.
- 782 p. : ill., facs. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Introduction / What Is the Koran? / Background. Towards a Prehistory of Islam / A Question of Language. Syriac Influence on the Style of the Koran / Some Additions to Prof. Jeffery's Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an / The Arabic Readers of the Koran / The Beginnings of Classical Arabic / The Role of the Bedouins as Arbiters in Linguistic Questions and the Mas'ala Az-Zunburiyya / Some Suggestions to Qur'an Translators / Sources of the Koran: Essenian, Christian, Coptic. Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls / The Qumran Scrolls and the Qur'an / An Essenian Tradition in the Koran / A Qumranian Expression in the Koran / Ibn Warraq. Toby Lester -- Yehuda D. Nevo -- Alphonse Mingana. D. S. Margoliouth. Paul E. Kahle. C. Rabin. Joshua Blau. A. Ben-Shemesh -- Ibn Warraq. Eric R. Bishop. Marc Philonenko. Marc Philonenko. Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 2. Pt. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. A Possible Coptic Source of a Qur'anic Text / Introduction to Raimund Kobert / The Shahadat az-zur: The False Witness / On the Meaning of the Three Final Words of Sura XXII.30-31 / Early and Later Exegesis of the Koran: A Supplement to Or 35 / Suras, Suras, Suras. Introduction to Sura IX.29 / Some Minor Problems in the Qur'an / Koran IX.29 / A Propos de Qur'an IX.29: Hatta Yu'tu L-Gizyata wa-hum Sagiruna / The Ancient Arab Background of the Koranic Concept al-Gizatu 'an Yadin / "'An Yadin" (Qur'an IX.29): An Attempt at Interpretation / Koran and Tafsir: The Case of "an Yadin" / Koran XXV.1: Al-Furqan and the "Warner" / The Buddha Comes to China / Wilson B. Bishai. Ibn Warraq. Raimund Kobert. Raimund Kobert. Raimund Kobert -- Ibn Warraq. Franz Rosenthal. Claude Cahen. Meir M. Bravmann and Claude Cahen. Meir M. Bravmann. M. J. Kister. Uri Rubin. C. Heger. Michael Schub. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Pt. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Secret Identity of Dhu l-Kifl / Emendations, Interpolations. Studies Contributing to Criticism and Exegesis of the Koran / A Qur'anic Interpolation / Regarding Qur'an CI.6 / Three Difficult Passages in the Koran / A Strange Reading in the Qur'an / Some Proposed Emendations to the Text of the Koran / Richard Bell: Introduction and Commentary. Introduction to Richard Bell / From Introduction to the Qur'an / From A Commentary on the Qur'an / Poetry and the Koran. The Strophic Structure of the Koran / On the Koran / On Pre-Islamic Christian Strophic Poetical Texts in the Koran: A Critical Look at the Work of Gunter Luling / Manuscripts. The Problem of Dating the Early Qur'ans / Michael Schub -- J. Barth. A. Fischer. A. Fischer. C. C. Torrey. C. C. Torrey. James A. Bellamy -- Ibn Warraq. Richard Bell. Richard Bell -- Rudolf Geyer. Julius Wellhausen. Ibn Rawandi -- Adolf Grohmann. 10. Pt. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 7. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 8. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 9. 1. Observations on Early Qur'an Manuscripts in San'a' / Converting Flugel Koranic Verse Numbers into Standard Egyptian -- The Genetic Relationship among Semitic Languages / Semitic Languages Family Tree -- Origin of the Alphabet / Development of Aramaic Scripts -- A Comparative Table of Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic Scripts -- A Comparative Table of Nabataean and Arabic -- Nabataean and Arabic Inscriptions -- The Arabic Alphabet -- A Dot or Two Can Make All the Difference -- Arabia and the Near East. Gerd-R. Puin -- Merritt Ruhlen -- I. J. Gelb -- 2. App. B. App. D. App. E. App. F. App. G. App. H. App. I. App. J. App. K. App. L. App. M.
157392945X 9781573929455
2001048789
Qurʼan--Language, style.
Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Islam--Controversial literature.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Introduction / What Is the Koran? / Background. Towards a Prehistory of Islam / A Question of Language. Syriac Influence on the Style of the Koran / Some Additions to Prof. Jeffery's Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an / The Arabic Readers of the Koran / The Beginnings of Classical Arabic / The Role of the Bedouins as Arbiters in Linguistic Questions and the Mas'ala Az-Zunburiyya / Some Suggestions to Qur'an Translators / Sources of the Koran: Essenian, Christian, Coptic. Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls / The Qumran Scrolls and the Qur'an / An Essenian Tradition in the Koran / A Qumranian Expression in the Koran / Ibn Warraq. Toby Lester -- Yehuda D. Nevo -- Alphonse Mingana. D. S. Margoliouth. Paul E. Kahle. C. Rabin. Joshua Blau. A. Ben-Shemesh -- Ibn Warraq. Eric R. Bishop. Marc Philonenko. Marc Philonenko. Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 2. Pt. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. A Possible Coptic Source of a Qur'anic Text / Introduction to Raimund Kobert / The Shahadat az-zur: The False Witness / On the Meaning of the Three Final Words of Sura XXII.30-31 / Early and Later Exegesis of the Koran: A Supplement to Or 35 / Suras, Suras, Suras. Introduction to Sura IX.29 / Some Minor Problems in the Qur'an / Koran IX.29 / A Propos de Qur'an IX.29: Hatta Yu'tu L-Gizyata wa-hum Sagiruna / The Ancient Arab Background of the Koranic Concept al-Gizatu 'an Yadin / "'An Yadin" (Qur'an IX.29): An Attempt at Interpretation / Koran and Tafsir: The Case of "an Yadin" / Koran XXV.1: Al-Furqan and the "Warner" / The Buddha Comes to China / Wilson B. Bishai. Ibn Warraq. Raimund Kobert. Raimund Kobert. Raimund Kobert -- Ibn Warraq. Franz Rosenthal. Claude Cahen. Meir M. Bravmann and Claude Cahen. Meir M. Bravmann. M. J. Kister. Uri Rubin. C. Heger. Michael Schub. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Pt. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Secret Identity of Dhu l-Kifl / Emendations, Interpolations. Studies Contributing to Criticism and Exegesis of the Koran / A Qur'anic Interpolation / Regarding Qur'an CI.6 / Three Difficult Passages in the Koran / A Strange Reading in the Qur'an / Some Proposed Emendations to the Text of the Koran / Richard Bell: Introduction and Commentary. Introduction to Richard Bell / From Introduction to the Qur'an / From A Commentary on the Qur'an / Poetry and the Koran. The Strophic Structure of the Koran / On the Koran / On Pre-Islamic Christian Strophic Poetical Texts in the Koran: A Critical Look at the Work of Gunter Luling / Manuscripts. The Problem of Dating the Early Qur'ans / Michael Schub -- J. Barth. A. Fischer. A. Fischer. C. C. Torrey. C. C. Torrey. James A. Bellamy -- Ibn Warraq. Richard Bell. Richard Bell -- Rudolf Geyer. Julius Wellhausen. Ibn Rawandi -- Adolf Grohmann. 10. Pt. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 7. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 8. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 9. 1. Observations on Early Qur'an Manuscripts in San'a' / Converting Flugel Koranic Verse Numbers into Standard Egyptian -- The Genetic Relationship among Semitic Languages / Semitic Languages Family Tree -- Origin of the Alphabet / Development of Aramaic Scripts -- A Comparative Table of Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic Scripts -- A Comparative Table of Nabataean and Arabic -- Nabataean and Arabic Inscriptions -- The Arabic Alphabet -- A Dot or Two Can Make All the Difference -- Arabia and the Near East. Gerd-R. Puin -- Merritt Ruhlen -- I. J. Gelb -- 2. App. B. App. D. App. E. App. F. App. G. App. H. App. I. App. J. App. K. App. L. App. M.
157392945X 9781573929455
2001048789
Qurʼan--Language, style.
Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Islam--Controversial literature.
