In:
Journal of Qur'anic Studies, Edinburgh University Press, Vol. 10, No. 2 ( 2008-10), p. 73-87
Kurzfassung:
A randomly selected sample of ayas over which there are disagreements among the Ten Readers is analysed in two ways. First, agreements and disagreements among them are counted to see whether there are regular patterns to these. The strongest tendencies to agree unite Khalaf with two of the Kufan readers before him, Ḥamza and al-Kisāʾī, while the strongest tendencies to disagree divide Ḥamza from Ibn Kathīr and Nāfiʿ. However, no pattern of agreement or disagreement seems very predominant, suggesting that the Ten were not strongly influenced by regional traditions, also that traditional identifications of teachers and students do little to explain actual choices of readings. Secondly, the nature of disagreements is analysed. A majority of disagreements have to do with vowels to supply, most of them in turn not conceivably reflecting dialectal differences. About one in eight disagreements has to do with whether to place dots above or below the line, and there are several other less important sources of disagreement. Altogether, there is remarkable agreement among the Readers at the level of the consonantal outline. Disagreements over vowels and dots seem to reflect some mixture of reason and transmission from earlier readers, the part of transmission apparently increasing over time.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1465-3591
,
1755-1730
DOI:
10.3366/E1465359109000424
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Publikationsdatum:
2008
SSG:
0
SSG:
6,23
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