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sura separators, 109-10 authorship of the gospels, 280-1
of Tashkent, III contemporary corruption of the text,
trade in, 105-7 291-4
'Uthman's independent copy of, deliberate corruption of, 277
88-99 difficulties of using as historical
variant readings, 99 document, 266-7
with irregular arrangement of suras, disciples ofJesus, 269-72
72-73 divergences within the text of, 283-4
See also Ibn Mas'ud's Mushaf doctrines and corruption, 295-3
manuscripts Erasmus Bible, 290-1
Muslim bin Mishkam, 192 inspiration, 281-2
Muslim state, stability of, 164 oldest dated manuscripts, xvi-xvii
Musnad of Ibn Hanbal, 178 rarity of Greek manuscripts, 285-6
mutaba'a (muhaddithm term), 176 recensions, 284
Muttalib clan, boycott of, 28-29 references to Prophet Muhammad,
Muwatta' of Malik, 178, 181, 192 262
Muwatta' of Shaibani, 178 scribal alterations, 288-9
scribal interpolations, 283
study of, compared with study of
Nabat bin Isma'il, 121 Qur'an, 161
Nabatean script, 115, 117 text types (Alexandrian, Byzantine,
compared with Arabic, 118-20 Caesarean, Western), 283-4
language of the Nabateans, 120-1 textual corruption, 285-9
nabldh,l72 transmission of, 282-4
Nadab,220 Westcott and Hort and the number of
an-Nadim, Muhammad, 196, 199,205 variants therein, 303
Nadwa (early Makkan institution), 21 See also Christianity; Bible
Nafi' bin Abl Nu'aim, 131 Newman, Barclay, 292
Nafi' bin Zuraib, 89 Nicene creed, 274-5
Najiya bin Rumn, 103 an-Nisa'I, sunan of, 180
Namarah, 118, 120 Nisibis, 144
Naphtali, 214 nocturnal journey (Isra' and Mi'raj), 26
narrators of hadith Noldeke, Theodor, 8, 53,115,306-7
classification of, 175-7 non-Muslims, learning from, 56
determining trustworthiness of, 172-4 North Arabic script, 116
journeying in search of knowledge, Norton, Cherry, 54
168 Nu'aim bin 'Abdullah, 67
an-Nas, sura, 199 Nul?- (Noah), 41
Nast' (early Makkan institution), 21 Nuskhat Abu az-Zubair, 174
Nasr bin 'Asim, 140
nation-state, 20, 232
an-Nawawi, Muhyiddin Yal?-ya, 201 O'Conner, 119
Nebajoth bin Isma'il, 121 Old Creed of Alexandria, 274
Nebuchadnezzar, king, 223-4 Old Testament
Negev (desert), 338 destruction of old manuscripts, 246
Neusner, j, 225, 248 discrepancies between Samaritan and
Nevo, Yehuda, 7, 337-8 Jewish versions, 242-3
New Testament edited during Hellenistic period, 231