In Search of the Original Koran: the True History of the Revealed Text
“In Search of the Original Koran: The True History of the Revealed Text t is clear that the dominant representation that we have today of the nature and identity of the Koranic text (as of its history) is largely a product of orthodox Muslim doctrine. It has succeeded in imposing a simplistic vision of the Koranic oeuvre, as well as covering up the real processes of its production and its transmission.We can detect several dogmas about, and mythical reconstructions of, the history of the Koranic... text that have contributed to this simplification: the notion of the originality of the Koran; the identification of Koranic revelation with the archetype contained in the celestial tablet; the literal revelation; the collection of the Koran as attributed to Muhammad and/or the first caliphs; the divine preservation of the Koranic text in the course of its transmission from generation to generation; the absolute trustworthiness of oral and written transmission; and finally, the myth of the inimitability of the Koranic discourse.MoreLess
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