Quranic studies

Quranic studies is the scholarly investigation of the Quran’s text, language, history, interpretation, transmission, and place in Muslim societies.

Quran: The central scripture of Islam, regarded by Muslims as God's revelation to Muhammad. The scripture whose text and history Quranic studies investigates.
Uthmanic codex: The consonantal text tradition associated with the standardization of the Quran under Caliph Uthman. Its shared textual framework is central to accounts of Quranic canon formation.
Historical criticism: The evaluation of texts through historical context, sources, transmission, and evidence. It supplies methods for assessing claims about the Quran’s formation and early history.
Theodor Nöldeke: A German orientalist whose work shaped nineteenth-century historical study of the Quran. His chronology and history of the Quran became influential starting points for scholarship.
Islamic traditional scholarship: The scholarly traditions developed within Muslim communities to interpret and transmit Islamic texts. Its inherited methods and premises differ from many modern historical-critical approaches.
Tafsir: The interpretation and explanation of the Quran in Islamic scholarship. Its commentaries form a major body of evidence and a central object of study.
Manuscript studies: The examination of handwritten documents to establish their material history, production, and textual features. Manuscripts provide physical evidence for the Quran’s early transmission.
Late Antiquity: The period of cultural and political change around the Mediterranean and Near East, roughly from the third to eighth centuries. The Quran took shape within this era’s religious and political landscape.
Angelika Neuwirth: A German scholar known for studying the Quran in its Late Antique literary and historical context. Her work exemplifies contextual approaches to Quranic composition and audience.
Revisionist school of Islamic studies: A group of modern scholars who reassess early Islamic history through critical examination of available sources. Its proposals about origins and chronology have challenged traditional accounts and drawn criticism.

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