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examples of deliberate corruption of, synonym theory, 162-3
256-61 theories on divergent readings, 155-9
gross overestimates of number of theories on Qur'an, 53
Israelites, 216 theory of counterfeited Bible, 307-8
history according to modern scholars, use of aberrant narrations, 159-62
230-2 use of Biblical terminology in Islamic
history of, 227-32 studies, 208, 305-6
Jewish sources of the Torah, 235 Origen, 289
lack of authoritative text, 245 original sin, 297
Leningrad Codex, 238-40 orthography
loss and rediscovery of Torah, 228-30 divergence, 204-5
Masoretic texts, 238-40 of European languages, 129-30
non-jewish sources of the Torah, history of the Arabic characters, 115-8
235-6 in non-Qur'anic script, 145-8
oral transmission of, xvi writing styles at the time of the
original language of, 232-4 Prophet, 130-1
references to Prophet Muhammad,
262
search for an authoritative text, 240-7 paid copyists, 106
study of, compared with study of palaeography, 115, 135-9
Qur'an, 161 in non-Qur'anic script, 145-8
unintentional corruption, 243-5 See also orthography
variations, 241-2 paleo-Hebrew, 232
See also Judaism; Bible Palestine
Onias III, 225 spread of Qur'an to, 85
oral law of Judaism, 236-8 suppression of history, 325-6
oral transmission of Qur'an, xv-xvi, Palestinian Talmud, 250
94-95,148 palimpset, 312
Orientalism pan names, 165
accusations of appropriation from partial Mushafs, 73-76
Jewish sources, 306-7 Pentateuch, 231, 242-3
acknowledgement of integrity of the Peres, Shimon, 334
Qur'anic text, 206 persecution of early Christians, 276
bias, 327-31 Persians, 36, 231
Blachere's distortion of Qur'an, personal Mushafs, 195
309-10 Peter the disciple, 270-1
criticism of compilation of Qur'an, Peter the Venerable, 8, 330
304-5 Pharaoh, 215
disregard for Muslim scholarship, 164 Pharisees, 241
Flugel's deliberate distortions of Pharos, 16
Qur'an, 308-9 Philistines, Ark lost to, 229
Hurgronje, Snouck, 326-7 Phoenician alphabet, 115
Israel as motivation of, 336-8 plagues of Egypt, 215
Jewish analogue, 321-5 pledge of 'Aqaba, 29-30
motives for study, 331-8 pointing, 247-9
necessity of proving distortions in politicised Islam, 318
Qur'an, 303 polytheists, effects of the Qur'an on,
San 'a' fragments, 314-8 48-50