The History of the Qurʾān: By Theodor Nöldeke

This first complete translation of Theodor N ldeke's The History of the Qurʾān offers a foundational work of modern Qurʾānic studies to the English-speaking public. N ldeke's original publication, as revised and expanded over nearly three quarters of a century by his scholarly successors, Friedrich Schwally, Gotthelf Bergstr er and Otto Pretzl, remains an indispensable resource for any scholarly work on the text of the Qurʾān. N ldeke's segmentation of the surahs into three Meccan periods and a Medinan one has shaped all subsequent discussions of the chronology of the Qurʾān. The revisions and expansions of N ldeke's initial discussions of the orthography and variant readings of the text have found a new audience among those contemporary scholars who seek to create a more sophisticated understanding of the Qurʾān's textual development.