PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Battle Of The Camel, Tafsir, Twelver
15 Mar 2014
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Canonized / codified standard version took 300 years. The finalized version can be successfully traced straight back to uthman. *need to know uthman, umar, earlier figures for test. Not much deviation from mouth of muhammad to what we have now. Simple forensic techniques show that the texts were overwritten by different texts. Words from several different ancient languages are in the koran and can be interpreted differently. Luxembourg"s research does not challenge any of the major tenants of islam. The koran, despite its presentation of being unchanged and without moderation, it did take time for it to stabilize. Arabic is polyvalient, meaning that the same piece of text can mean different words. Koran has huge body of commentary that aims to flesh it out. These commentaries became more important as islam spread from its cradle to different parts of the world.
