Versions of the Oral Qur’ān

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Contents IX
4. Abbreviations for Commonly Cited Sources XI
5. Note on Definitions, Conventions, Style, and Aims XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I: The Written Qur’ān
8. The Qur’ān’s Origins 9
9. Semitic Precursors 20
10. The Arabic Language and Its Script 29
11. The Paper Revolution 45
12. Verse, Chapter, and Other Divisions 56
13. Part II: The Oral Qur’ān
14. The Inherent Orality of the Qur’ān 65
15. Interactions Between the Written and Oral Qur’ān 76
16. Versions of the Oral Qur’ān 85
17. The Qur’ānic ‘Cambrian Explosion’ and the Seven Aḥruf 98
18. Delimiting the Proliferation 112
19. Part III: The Qur’ān Today
20. Transmission 129
21. Canonization 140
22. Four Active Qur’āns in Print Today 145
23. Methodology and Statistical Analysis 151
24. Conclusion 158
25. Timeline 169
26. Appendices
27. Appendix A Underrepresented and Misrepresented Qur’ānic Minorities 173
28. Appendix B Plates/Images 185
29. Appendix C Discrepancy Indexes – Scans 203
30. Appendix D Discrepancy Indexes – Patterns and Categories 329
31. Bibliography 347
32. Index 361