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Keith Small

1959–2018 · United Kingdom · Manuscript scholar, Bodleian Libraries

Keith Edward Small was born in Michigan in 1959 and trained in theology before completing a doctorate on Qur’an manuscripts and textual criticism. He worked as Qur’anic Manuscript Consultant to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and held lecturing and research roles at the London School of Theology. He helped found the Manuscripts and Textual Criticism unit of the International Qur’anic Studies Association. He died in Oxford in December 2018 after an illness.

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: iqsaweb.org · churchtimes.co.uk

Works

Books 2

BOOK 2011 · English · Lexington Books, Lanham, MD
Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts

Applies the methods of New Testament textual criticism to twenty-one early manuscripts of Qur'an 14:35-41 and concludes a single original text cannot be reconstructed.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Lexington Books, Lanham, MD

Cite

Small, Keith. Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts. 2011. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/keith-small/#keith-small-textual-criticism-and-qur-an-manuscripts

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BOOK 2015 · English · Bodleian Library Publishing, Oxford
Qur'ans: Books of Divine Encounter

Illustrated history of the Qur'an built around fifty-five manuscripts, mostly from the Bodleian Library.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: bodleianshop.co.uk

Cite

Small, Keith. Qur'ans: Books of Divine Encounter. 2015. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/keith-small/#keith-small-qur-ans-books-of-divine-encounter

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