Gerd-Rüdiger Puin

b. 1940 · Germany · Arabist; studied the Ṣanʿāʾ Qurʾān fragments

Gerd-Rüdiger Puin is a German Arabist who taught Arabic language and literature at Saarland University in Saarbrücken. He is known for directing a German restoration and cataloguing project for the Qur’anic and other fragments found in the Great Mosque of Sanaa, Yemen, in the early 1970s. His work focuses on early Qur’anic palaeography, orthography and calligraphy. He is associated with the Saarbrücken group of researchers on early Islamic history.

This scholar is also listed in the Quran Hub’s manuscript scholars catalogue. The list of works here is compiled from publisher, library and university pages and is not exhaustive; check details against the publisher’s record before citing.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Biography sources: en.wikipedia.org

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COLLECTION 2009 · English · Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY

The Hidden Origins of Islam: New Research into Its Early History (ed. Karl-Heinz Ohlig and Gerd-R. Puin)

English-language collection of revisionist essays on the early history of Islam, including Puin's contributions.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY

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Puin, Gerd-Rüdiger. The Hidden Origins of Islam: New Research into Its Early History (ed. Karl-Heinz Ohlig and Gerd-R. Puin). 2009. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/gerd-ruediger-puin/#gerd-ruediger-puin-the-hidden-origins-of-islam-new-research

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Articles & essays 1

ARTICLE 1999 · German · Magazin Forschung 1999(1), Saarland University

Über die Bedeutung der ältesten Koranfragmente aus Sanaa (Jemen) für die Orthographiegeschichte des Korans with H.-C. Graf von Bothmer and K.-H. Ohlig

Discusses what the oldest Sanaa fragments reveal about the history of Qur'anic spelling.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Magazin Forschung 1999(1), Saarland University

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Puin, Gerd-Rüdiger. Über die Bedeutung der ältesten Koranfragmente aus Sanaa (Jemen) für die Orthographiegeschichte des Korans. 1999. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/gerd-ruediger-puin/#gerd-ruediger-puin-uber-die-bedeutung-der-altesten-koranfragmente-aus

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Papers 1

CHAPTER 1996 · English · in Stefan Wild (ed.), The Qur'an as Text, E. J. Brill, Leiden

Observations on Early Qur'an Manuscripts in Ṣanʿāʾ

Short report on the Sanaa fragments, noting unusual orthography, verse divisions and textual variants relevant to the Qur'an's early history.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: in Stefan Wild (ed.), The Qur'an as Text, E. J. Brill, Leiden

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Puin, Gerd-Rüdiger. Observations on Early Qur'an Manuscripts in Ṣanʿāʾ. 1996. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/gerd-ruediger-puin/#gerd-ruediger-puin-observations-on-early-qur-an-manuscripts-in

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