The second canonization of the Qur'ān (324/936): Ibn Mujāhid and the founding of the Seven Readings

"In The second canonization of the Qurʼān, Nasser studies the transmission and reception of the Qurʼānic text and its variant readings through the work of Ibn Mujāhid (d. 324/936), the founder of the system of the Seven Eponymous Readings of the Qurʼān. The overarching project aims to track and...

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Main Author: Nasser, Shady Hekmat (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ibn-Muǧāhid, Aḥmad Ibn-Mūsā 859-936 / Koran / Reading
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Ibn Mujāhid, Aḥmad ibn Mūsá (859 or 860-935 or 936)
B Qurʼan Readings
B Qurʼan Criticism, Textual
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Summary:"In The second canonization of the Qurʼān, Nasser studies the transmission and reception of the Qurʼānic text and its variant readings through the work of Ibn Mujāhid (d. 324/936), the founder of the system of the Seven Eponymous Readings of the Qurʼān. The overarching project aims to track and study the scrupulous revisions the Qurʼān underwent, in its recited, oral form, through the 1,400-year journey towards a final, static, and systematized text. For the very first time, the book offers a complete and detailed documentation of all the variant readings of the Qurʼān as recorded by Ibn Mujāhid. A comprehensive audio recording accompanies the book, with more than 3,500 audio files of Qurʼānic recitations of variant readings"--
Physical Description:XIII, 914 Seiten
ISBN:9004401970