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Research project Quranic 9th-century manuscript page, surah 2:175-76 and 2:176-77 Corpus Coranicum is a digital research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities . The project makes sources accessible that are relevant for the history of the Quran .1 These primary texts include Jewish, Christian, and other textual remains from the world of Quran. To trace its oral and written transmission further, early manuscripts of the Quran are being catalogued and made available through the project’s database . A literary commentary on the Quranic text completes the project. Begun in 2007, the initial three-year database project is headed by two project leaders: Senior Professor of Arabic Studies Angelika Neuwirth (Freie Universität Berlin) is responsible for the commentary.2 The research centre is managed by Michael Marx, who is editor-in-chief of the "environmental texts" and the text documentation. The project is currently funded till 2024, but could take longer to complete. Andrew Higgins and Almut Schoenfeld, " The Lost Archive: Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam's holy text ", Wall Street Journal , 12 January 2008.3
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Qur'anic manuscript page Corpus Coranicum is a research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to develop a better contextual understanding in the West (the primary audience for the Corpus Coranicum) of the Islamic scripture known as the Holy Qur'an . Begun in 2007, the initial three-year database project is led by Semitic and Arabic studies Prof. Angelika Neuwirth at the Free University of Berlin . The project is currently funded till 2025, but could well take longer to complete. Andrew Higgins and Almut Schoenfeld, " The Lost Archive: Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam's holy text ", Wall Street Journal , 12 January 2008.
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Qur'anic manuscript page Corpus Coranicum is a research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to develop a better contextual understanding in the West (the primary audience for the Corpus Coranicum) of the Islamic scripture known as the Qur'an . Begun in 2007, the initial three-year database project is led by Semitic and Arabic studies Prof. Angelika Neuwirth at the Free University of Berlin . The project is currently funded till 2025, but could well take longer to complete. Andrew Higgins and Almut Schoenfeld, " The Lost Archive: Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam's holy text ", Wall Street Journal , 12 January 2008.
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Quranic manuscript page Corpus Coranicum is a research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities towards a critical edition of the Quran . Begun in 2007, the initial three-year database project is led by Semitic and Arabic studies Prof. Angelika Neuwirth at the Free University of Berlin . The project is currently funded till 2025, but could well take longer to complete. Outside of Corpus Coranicum, critical work is scarce.Abdelmajid Charfi printed a critical historical edition in 2018, and Qur'an Gateway provides a commercial database of textual variants of the Quran. Andrew Higgins and Almut Schoenfeld, " The Lost Archive: Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam's holy text ", Wall Street Journal , 12 January 2008. "Critical Koran edition "Al-Mushaf wa Qiraʹatuh" " .Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World .
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Research project Quranic 9th-century manuscript page, surah 2:175-76 and 2:176-77 Corpus Coranicum (2007 - 2024) was a digital research project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities . The project made sources accessible that are relevant for the history of the Quran . These primary texts include Jewish, Christian, and other textual remains from the world of Quran. To trace its oral and written transmission further, early manuscripts of the Quran were catalogued and made available through the project’s database . A literary commentary on the Quranic text completes the project. Begun in 2007, the initial three-year database project was headed by two project leaders: Senior Professor of Arabic Studies Angelika Neuwirth (Freie Universität Berlin) was responsible for the commentary. The research centre was managed by Michael Marx, who is editor-in-chief of the "environmental texts" and the text documentation. Marx has continued the adaptation, maintenance and digital publication of the databases under the roof of Corpus Coranicum e.V.
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research project of the berlin-brandenburg academy of sciences and humanities to develop a better contextual un
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digital research project of the berlin-brandenburg academy of sciences and humanities
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