In Search of the Original Qur'an

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"Charging Steeds or Maidens Performing Good Deeds: In Search of the Original Qur'an brings an important contribution to understanding the development of the Qur'anic corpus. Through a selection of meaningful case studies, the author convincingly argues for a different interpretative approach to the Qur'anic text. Taking as a starting point the consonantal skeleton of the holy text, known as the 'Uthmanic rasm, and offering a critical reading of the Muslim interpretive tradition, such an approach produces a clearer understanding of parts of the Qur'an which have defied Muslim and non-Muslim scholars since the early days of Islam"--

subjects: Koran,  Islamic literature, history and criticism,  Criticism, interpretation,  Textual Criticism,  Critique, interprétation,  Critique textuelle,  Arabic Islamic literature,  History and criticism,  Littérature islamique arabe,  Histoire et critique,  RELIGION,  Islam,  General,  LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES,  Journalism,  Qurʼan,  Coran,  Qur ơan