TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sfar,Mondher
TI  - In search of the original Koran: the true history of the revealed text 
SN  - 9781591025214
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amherst, N.Y.
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Qur'an
KW  - Evidences, authority, etc
KW  - Islam
KW  - Controversial literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-133) and index; The Koran is not the original one -- Transmission of meaning -- The theory of variants -- The variants of the Koran -- From variation to manipulation -- The Satanic revelations -- By the Prophet's side -- Other ambiguities of the mode of revelation -- The whole revelation? -- Lost or unretained texts -- Two brief prayers removed from the Koran -- On interpolation -- The components of the Koran -- The verses: a late invention -- The surahs -- The preambles -- The mysterious letters -- The division of surahs -- The Basmala and al-Ra✹an -- The titles of surahs -- Writings of the Koran -- The difficulties of the writing -- The myth of'Uthm{u386E}' -- The manuscript of Samarkand -- The myth of authenticity -- The scribal function -- Stereotypes and phraseology -- The practice of recomposition -- Al-Qur{u386E}, a scribal work -- Myths and prejudices -- The myth of originality -- From the kit{u3862} to the Qur{u386E} -- The myth of the collection -- The myth of perfect transmission -- The myth of inimitability -- Authenticity of the wa蹠-- Conclusion -- Appendix: the solar eclipse on January 27th, 632 CE -- The sole scientific date -- A great enigma -- A conjugal psychodrama -- The eclipse and the farewell pilgrimage
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007011481.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1309/2007011481-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1309/2007011481-d.html
ER  -