Interpreting Qur’an verses on tampering by Dr Gordon Nickel.
Usually, scholars give two descriptions of Muslim views of the Bible regarding taḥrīf: tampering with the meaning of the biblical text or tampering with the biblical text itself. The view found in the earliest Muslim commentaries, however, does not fit into either of these categories, yet it seldom features in scholarship on the subject. The earliest Muslim commentaries on the Qur’an regard the previous scriptures as sources of authority and attestation while simultaneously showing uncertainty [...]
