A Critique of Luxenberg’s View on the Arabic Script

A Critique of Luxenberg’s View on the Arabic ScriptIslamic Studies & Quranic Studies in Contemporary WorldSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PCL6FTDE/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ForoughParsaZahraNabaeiA Critique of Luxenberg’s View on the Arabic Scripthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PCL6FTDEhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/PCL6FTDEhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/PCL6FTDEIslamic Studies & Quranic Studies in Contemporary World3:12023210-232Christophe Luxenberg is the pseudonym of the author of the Siro-Arami reading of the Qur'an (The Syro Aramaic Reading of the Koran ). Luxenberg claims that at the t ime of the emergence of the Qur'an, the Arabic language and script did not possess a known nature. Basically, the Qur'an has been propagated in the Syriac language, script and alphabet. Before him, Alphonse Mingana believed in the existence of a Syriac ori gin for the language and script of the Qur'an. The script, as a cultural phenomenon, has been studied from different aspects. In particular, extensive research has been done on the Arabic script by writers and linguists as well as archaeologists. by relying on the studies of some scholars specially on Robert Hoyland about the background of the Arabic script, this essay has reached to the conclusion that Luxenberg's views are merely propaganda claims against Islam and the Holy Quran and there are several archaeological evidences, including several inscriptions in Arabic language, criticizing Luxenberg's view. Parsa, Forough, and Zahra Nabaei. “A Critique of Luxenberg’s View on the Arabic Script.” Islamic Studies & Quranic Studies in Contemporary World 3:1 (2023): 210–32. Forough Parsa and Zahra Nabaei, A Critique of Luxenberg’s View on the Arabic Script, Islamic Studies & Quranic Studies in Contemporary World 3:1 (2023): 210–32.