A review of orientalists’ approaches on Meccan and Medinan chapters and verses

Authors

1 عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه علوم اسلامی رضوی

2 دانشجوی دکتری علوم قرآن و حدیث دانشگاه علوم اسلامی رضوی

Abstract

One of the most important discussions related to the history of the Quran is the Meccan and Medinan verses and chapters. The Muslim intellectuals and the Orientalists have posed several accounts in this regard. The writer in this article reviews and criticizes the theories of the following orientalists such Lammens (d. 1937), Regis Blachere (1973) and Theodor Noldekes (1930). He tries to analyze and review different classifications made by the orientalists. Lammens divided the whole Quran into the Meccan chapters prior and after interval and the Medinan chapters and verses. Theodor Noldekes has his own arrangement such as revelation prior and after interval and the final revelations prior migration.

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Volume 7, Issue 12
No.12, Spring - Summer 2012
September 2012
Pages 77-92
  • Receive Date: 30 November 2011
  • Revise Date: 15 February 2012
  • Accept Date: 03 April 2012