al-A'zami, Muhammad Mustafa, <br/><br/>
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 
 - xxii, 376 pages :  illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-356) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781872531656  RM260.00 1872531652 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Qur'an--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Qur'an--Commentaries.