Description PRAISE FOR "Corrections IN Early QUR N MANUSCRIPTS" "Brilliant.
Brubaker\'s fascinating study demonstrates that this is not quit.
Puin, Universit t des Saarlandes (retired) "It has long been popularly asserted that, in contrast to that of the New Testament, for example, the Qur\'an\'s manuscript tradition is pristine and perfect, without ever a mark out of place, much less a variation involving whole words or phrases.
In addition ...], he has found a way to lead the reader through a highly sophisticated topic, so that familiarity with Arabic is not even necessary to follow his arguments." -- Gerd-R.
He compares the Corrections with the earlier versions underneath, and in his analyses of the different types of Corrections he observes even the sensible and frequent "omission" of the word "Allah" in the lower text, or frequent Corrections of "rizq" or the eschatological "sa\'ah / hour" ...] Dan Brubaker\'s approach is as modest as it is scientifically sound ...].
One of the few remaining pioneers in this domain is Dan Brubaker, who discovers the minute \'corrections\' on the old parchments, which he investigated in the main collections all over the world.
In addition to these there is a growing activity in editing or presenting Early manuscripts of the Qur\'an, so that it is not an exaggeration to characterize this stadium as the third dimension of the Qur\'an\'s history.
However, in recent years an increasing wave of Arabic Qur\'an editions of different but equally valid Readings has been edited, opening a second dimension, a wide field of research opportunities on the range of scriptural and oral traditions which have led to those different Readings.
In a way, one could qualify the approach as one-dimensional, based on the latest interpretation of an ancient scripture.
A unique and valuable resource." -- Mark Durie, Melbourne School of Theology "In Qur\'anic research, the text has always been regarded as more or less comprehensible with the help of its Muslim exegetes.
Description PRAISE FOR "Corrections IN Early QUR N MANUSCRIPTS" "Brilliant
