Recent Publication: Qurʾān Quotations Preserved on Papyrus Documents, 7th-10th Centuries

Recent Publication: Qurʾān Quotations Preserved on Papyrus Documents, 7th-10th Centuries

Brill has recently published a collection of essays edited by Andreas Kaplony and Michael Marx, Qurʾān Quotations Preserved on Papyrus Documents, 7th-10th Centuries.

Picture1Publisher’s Overview: Qurʾān Quotations Preserved on Papyrus Documents, 7th-10th Centuries is the first book on the Qurʾān’s Sitz im Leben, i.e. on how the Qurʾān was quoted in Arabic original letters, legal deeds, and amulets. Qurʾān Quotations also serves as an in-depth exploration of the radiocarbon dating of documents and Qurʾānic manuscripts.

Contributors: Ursula Bsees; Tobias J. Jocham; Andreas Kaplony; Michael Josef Marx; Daniel Potthast; Leonora Sonego; Eva Mira Youssef-Grob.

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Readers can purchase the book online here.

 

Content courtesy of Brill.

 

 

© International Qur’anic Studies Association, 2020. All rights reserved.

 

 

Recent Publication: Qurʾān Quotations Preserved on Papyrus Documents, 7th-10th Centuries (Brill)

quotationsBrill has recently published Qurʾān Quotations Preserved on Papyrus Documents, 7th-10th Centuries, edited by Andreas Kaplony and Michael Marx. This volume (2) in the Documenta Coranica series documents early uses of Qur’anic quotations in Arabic documents during the early period of Islam. Additionally, it explores the problems associated with radiocarbon dating medieval documents and Qur’anic manuscripts.

Contents include:

Kaplony, Andreas, The Qurʾān’s Sitz im Leben: Preliminary Remarks on Methodology, VII-XI.

Marx, Michael Josef, Introduction, 1-41.

Potthast, Daniel, Qurʾān Quotations in Arabic Papyrus Letters from the 7th to the 10th Centuries, 42-85.

Sonego, Leonora, Qurʾān Quotations in Legal Documents, 86-111.

Bsees, Ursula, Qurʾānic Quotations in Arabic Papyrus Amulets, 112-138.

Youssef-Grob, Eva Mira, Radiocarbon (14C) Dating of Early Islamic Documents: Background and Prospects, 138-187.

Marx, Michael Josef and Tobias J. Jocham, Radiocarbon (14C) Dating of Qurʾān Manuscripts, 188-221.

 

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