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Revelation and Falsification: The Kitāb Al-Qirā'āt of Aḥmad B. Muḥammad Al-Sayyārī Hardcover - 2009
by Etan Kohlberg (Editor); Moh Ali Amir-Moezzi (Editor)
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For all Muslims the QurE3/4an is the word of God. In the first centuries of Islam, however, many individuals and groups, and some ShiEis, believed that the generally accepted text of the QurE3/4an is corrupt. The ShiEis asserted that redactors had altered or deleted among other things all passages that supported the rights of EAli and his successors or that condemned his enemies. One of the fullest lists of these alleged changes and of other variant readings is to be found in the work of al-SayyArA (3rd/9th century), which is indeed among the earliest ShiEi books to have survived. In many cases the alternative readings that al-SayyArA presents substantially contribute to our understanding of early ShiEi doctrine and of the early and numerous debates about the QurE3/4an in general.
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- Title Revelation and Falsification: The Kitāb Al-Qirā'āt of Aḥmad B. Muḥammad Al-Sayyārī
- Author Etan Kohlberg (Editor); Moh Ali Amir-Moezzi (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 568
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date 2009-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9789004167827 / 900416782X
- Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
- Dimensions 9.6 x 6.6 x 1.4 in (24.38 x 16.76 x 3.56 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Dewey Decimal Code 224.406