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south of Damascus, dating from 568 CE. On these and other early inscriptions see
Grohmann, Arabische Paläographie II, 14–18, and Grüendler, Development, 13–14,
with further references.
51 Not all reviews of Luxenberg’s Syro-Aramäische Lesart have been as negative as those
by de Blois and Hopkins mentioned in note 47. See Robert R. Phenix and Cornelia
B. Horn in the on-line journal Hugoye 6:1, January, 2003: (http://syrcom.cua.edu/
Hugoye/Vol6no1/HV6N1PRPhenixHorn.html).
52 This assumption seems to underlie even the works of Bergsträsser and Beck (see
note 3 earlier).
53 J. Burton, The Collection of the Qur’an. A.-L. de Prémare, Aux origines du Coran.
Question d’hier, approches d’aujourd’hui, Paris: Téraèdre, 2004, 57–99. See also
GdQ3, 1–119; W.M. Watt, Bell’s Introduction to the Qur’an, Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press, 1970, 40–56.
54 See S.K. Samir’s contribution to this volume for additional examples.
55 J.A. Bellamy, “Some proposed emendations to the text of the Koran,” JAOS 113, 1993,
562–73; idem, “More proposed emendations to the text of the Koran,” JAOS 116,
1996, 196–204; idem, “Textual criticism of the Koran,” JAOS 121, 2001, 1–6; idem,
“A further note on ‘Isa,” JAOS 122, 2002, 587–8.
56 Fred M. Donner, “Qur’anic furqan,” JSS 52, 2007, 279–300.
57 Neuwirth, “Qur’an and History,” 2, 13.
58 Perhaps the clearest statement of Wansbrough’s theses is found in Qur’anic
Studies, 46–7.
59 J. Burton, The Collection of the Qur’an, 239–40. He deals with the ‘Uthmanic and
other recension stories on pp. 115–89.
60 This view is developed in F.M. Donner, Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings
of Islamic Historical Writing, Princeton: Darwin Press, 1998, 35–61.
61 Paret, citing A. Fischer, in EI 2 , “Üira’a.” A salient example is found in the text of
Q. 3:19, where for the phrase “inna l-din ‘inda llahi l-islam” we find in Ibn Mas ‘ud’s
reading “inna l-din ‘inda llahi l-hanifiyya” (Jeffery, Materials, 32).
62 Cook, “The Stemma of the Regional Codices...” (note 3, earlier).
63 Donner, Narratives, 40–9.
64 W. al-Qadi, “The religious foundation of late Umayyad ideology and practice,” in
Saber Religioso y Poder Político en el Islam, Madrid: Agencia Española de
Cooperacíon Internacional, 1994, 231–73, esp. 269ff.; also eadem, “The impact of the
Qur’an on early Arabic literature: The case of ‘Abd al-Hamid’s epistolography,” in
A.A. Shareef and G.R. Hawting (eds), Approaches to the Qur’an, London: Routledge,
1993, 285–313. (see Chadler).
65 See note 4 earlier.
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