The history of the Qur'anic text from revelation to compilation : a comparative study with the old and new testaments / by Muhammad Mustafa al-A'zami

Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-356) and index.

I. The history of the Qur'anic text. Introduction -- Early history of Islam: a brief look -- Revelations and the prophet Muhammad -- Teaching the Qur'an -- The recording and arrangement of the Qur'an -- The written compilation of the Qur'an --'Uthman's Mushaf -- The evolution of reading aids within the Mushaf -- The history of Arabic palaeography -- Arabic paleography and orthography in the Qur'an -- Causes of variant reading -- The Muslim educational methodology -- The so-called Mushaf of Ibn Mas'ud and alleged variances therein -- II. The history of the biblical scriptures. Early history of Judaism: a brief look -- The Old Testament and its corruption -- Early history of Christianity: a brief look -- The New Testament: its anonymous authorship and corruption -- III. An appraisal of orientalism. The orientalist and the Qur'an -- Orientalist motivations: a study of subjectivity -- Closing remarks.