THE QUR’AN’S HISTORICAL PROBLEMS

Assessing the newest research on the historicity of the Qur’an

By Dr. Jay Smith

November 23, 2018

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0 Introduction

[A]What Do Modern Muslim Leaders Claim

[B]What did Early Muslim Scholars Say

[C]Historical Anachronisms

[D]SOURCE CRITICISM

[E]THE 2 COMPILATIONS OF THE QUR’AN

[F]THE 6 EARLIEST QUR’ANIC MANUSCRIPTS

[G]THE 2 LAYERS OF THE SANA’A PALIMPSEST

[H]THE 4 CARBON DATING LAB REPORTS

[I]THE LATE DIACRITICAL VARIANTS

[J]THE EARLY CONSONANTAL VARIANTS

[K]THE HISTORY OF THE 1924 HAFS CANON

FINAL CONCLUSIONS