TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ibn Warraq.
TI  - What the Koran really says: language, text, and commentary 
AV  - BP169 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Amherst, New York
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Quran
KW  - Language, style
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Islam
KW  - Controversial literature
N1  - 2; PART 1. IndianaTRODUCTION : 1. Introduction; by Ibn Warraq --; 2. What Is the Koran? / by Toby Lester --; PennsylvaniaRT 2. BACKGROUND : 1. Towards a Prehistory of Islam; by Yehuda D. Nevo --; PennsylvaniaRT 3. A QUESTION OF LouisianaNGUAGE : 1. Syriac Influence on the Style of the Koran; by Alphonse Mingana --; 2. Some Additions to Prof. Jeffery's Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an; by D.S. Margoliouth --; 3. The Arabic Readers of the Koran; by Paul E. Kahle --; 4. The Beginnings of Classical Arabic; by C. Rabin --; 5. The Role of the Bedouins as Arbiters in Linguistic Questions and the Mas'ala Az-Zunburiyya; by Joshua Blau --; 6. Some Suggestions to Qur'an Translators; by A. Ben-Shemesh --; PennsylvaniaRT 4. SOURCES OF THE KORAN: ESSENIAN, CHRISTIAN, ColoradoPTIC : 1. Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls; by Ibn Warraq --; 2. The Qumran Scrolls and the Qur'an; by Eric R. Bishop --; 3. An Essenian Tradition in the Koran; by Marc Philonenko --; 4. A Qumranian Expression in the Koran; by Marc Philonenko --; 5. A Possible Coptic Source of a Qur'anic Text; by Wilson B. Bishai --; 6. Introduction to Raimund Kobert; by Ibn Warraq --; 7. The Shahadat az-zur: The False Witness; by Raimund Kobert --; 8. On the Meaning of the Three Final Words of Sura XXII.30-31; by Raimund Kobert --; 9. Early and Later Exegesis of the Koran: A Supplement to Or 35; by Raimund Kobert  --; PART 5. SURAS, SURAS, SURAS : 1. Introduction to Sura IX.29; by Ibn Warraq --; 2. Some Minor Problems in the Qur'an; by Franz Rosenthal3. Koran IX.29; by Claude Cahen --; 4. A Propos de Qur'an IX.29: Hatta Yu'tu L-Gizyata wa-hum Sagiruna; by Meir M. Bravmann and Claude Cahen --; 5. The Ancient Arab Background of the Koranic Concept al-Gizatu 'an Yadin; by Meir M. Bravman --; 6. "'An Yadin" (Qur'an IX.29): An Attempt at Interpretation; by M.J. Kister --; 7. Koran and Tafsir: The Case of "'an Yadin" / by Uri Rubin --; 8. Koran XXV.1: Al-Furqan and the "Warner" / by C. Heger --; 9. The Buddha Comes to China; by Michael Schub --; 10. The Secret Identity of Dhu l-Kifl; by Michael Schub --; PennsylvaniaRT 6. EMENDATIONS, IndianaTERPOLATIONS : 1. Studies Contributing to Criticism and Exegesis of the Koran; by J. Barth --; 2. A Qur'anic Interpolation; by A. Fischer --; 3. Regarding Qur'an CI.6 by; A. Fischer --; 4. Three Difficult Passages in the Koran; by C.C. Torrey --; 5. A Strange Reading in the Qur'an; by C.C. Torrey --; 6. Some Proposed Emendations to the Text of the Koran; by James A. Bellamy --; PennsylvaniaRT 7. Rhode IslandCHARD BELL: IndianaTRODUCTION AND ColoradoMMENTARY : 1. Introduction to Richard Bell; by Ibn Warraq --; 2. From IndianaTRODUCTION TO THE QUR'AN; by Richard Bell --; 3. From A ColoradoMMENTARY ON THE QUR'AN; by Richard Bell; PART 8. POETRY AND THE KORAN : 1. The Strophic Structure of the Koran; by Rudolf Geyer --; 2. On the Koran; by Julius Wellhausen --; 3. On Pre-Islamic Christian Strophic Poetical Texts in the Koran: A Critical Look at the Work of Gunter Luling; by Ibn Rawandi --; PennsylvaniaRT 9. MassachusettsNUSCRIPTS : 1. The Problem of Dating the Early Qur'ans; by Adolf Grohmann --; 2. Observations on Early Qur'an Manuscripts in San'a; by Gerd-R. Puin Languages --; E. Semitic Languages Family Tree --; F. Origin of the Alphabet --; G. Development of Aramaic Scripts --; H. A Comparative Table of Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic Scripts --; I. A Comparative Table of Nabataean and Arabic --; J. Nabataean and Arabic Inscriptions --; K. The Arabic Alphabet --; L. A Dot or Two Can Make All the Difference --; M. Arabia and the Near East --; N. List of Contributors; 2
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