The Qurʼân and the orientalists : an examination of their main theories and assumptions

THE QURAN AND THE ORIENTALISTS AN EXAMINATION OF THEIR MAIN THEORIES AND ASSUMPTIONS PREFACE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I ON THE ALLEGED AUTHORSHIP OF MUI;fAMMAD (p. b. h.) CHAPTER I THE ALLEGATION OF AMBITION AND PREPARATION FOR GIVING OUT THE QUR'AN CHAPTER II THE ALLEGED BORROWING FROM JUDAEO-CHRlSTIAN SOURCES CHAPTER III THE ALLEGED CONTEMPORARY ERRORS IN THE QUR'AN AS EVIDENCE OF THE PROPHET'S AUTHORSHIP PART II THE ORIENTALISTS ON THE QuR'ANIC WAHY CHAPTER IV THE ORIENTALISTS ON THE QUR'ANIC WAHY: I. THE VIEWS OF MUIR AND MARGOLIOUTH CHAPTERV THE ORIENTALISTS ON THE QUR'ANIC WAHY: II. THE VIEWS OF RICHARD BELL CHAPTER VI THE ORIENTALISTS ON THE QUR'ANIC WAHY: III. WATT'S TREATMENT OF AL-ZUHRI'S REPORT ON THE COMING OF WAI;-IY CHAPTER VII THE ORIENTALISTS ON THE QUR'ANIC WAHY: IV. WATT'S THEORY OF INTELLECTUAL LOCUTION PART III THE ORIENTALISTS ON THE HISTORY AND TEXT OF THE QuR'AN CHAPTER VIII ON THE HISTORY OF THE QUR'AN: I. THEODORE NOLDEKE'S ASSUMPTIONS CHAPTER IX ON THE HISTORY OF THE QUR'AN: II. INFLATION OF NOLDEKE'S ASSUMPTIONS CHAPTER X ON THE HISTORY OF THE QUR'AN: II. REVISIONISM AT ITS CLIMAX CHAPTER XI ON THE TEXT OF THE QUR'AN: I. THE LANGUAGE AND STILE AND THE THEORY OF REVISION CHAPTER XII ON THE TEXT OF THE QUR'AN: II. THE SO-CALLED FOREIGN VOCABULARY AND COPYIST'S ERRORS CHAPTER XIII THE ORIENTALISTS' TRANSLATIONS OF THE QUR'AN CHAPTER XIV CONCLUSION SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX