Wikipedia's first sentence called it “peer-reviewed journal that aims to encourage and promote the study of the qur’an from a wide range of scholarly”. Today it says “peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of quranic studies from a wide range of scholarly perspect”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Journal of Qur'anic Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to encourage and promote the study of the Qur’an from a wide range of scholarly perspectives, reflecting a diversity of approaches.1The Journal of Qur'anic Studies also publishes articles both in English and Arabic, to encourage the bridging of the gap between the two traditions of Muslim and Western scholarship. The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is principally dedicated to the publication of original papers, with a book review section including reviews of new works on the Qur’an.2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Academic journal The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the study of the Qur’an from a wide range of scholarly perspectives, reflecting a diversity of approaches. It publishes articles both in English and Arabic, to encourage the bridging of the gap between the two traditions of Muslim and Western scholarship. The journal principally publishes original papers, along with a book review section including reviews of new works on the Qur’an.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Academic journal The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on Qur’anic Studies from a wide range of scholarly perspectives, reflecting a diversity of approaches. It publishes articles both in English and Arabic, to encourage the bridging of the gap between the two traditions of Muslim and Western scholarship. The journal principally publishes original papers, along with a book review section including reviews of new works on the Qur’an.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Academic journal The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on Qur'anic Studies from a wide range of scholarly perspectives, reflecting a diversity of approaches. It publishes articles both in English and Arabic, to encourage the bridging of the gap between the two traditions of Muslim and Western scholarship. The journal principally publishes original papers, along with a book review section including reviews of new works on the Qur'an.
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The opening as it stood in 2025 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Academic journal The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of Quranic studies from a wide range of scholarly perspectives, reflecting a diversity of approaches.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “peer-reviewed journal that aims to encourage and promote the study of the qur’an from a wide range of scholarly”. Today it says “peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of quranic studies from a wide range of scholarly perspect”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
peer-reviewed journal that aims to encourage and promote the study of the qur’an from a wide range of scholarly
Now
peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of quranic studies from a wide range of scholarly perspect
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