Geschichte des Qorāns

Geschichte des Qorāns (English: History of the Quran) is a foundational work in Quranic studies by German scholar Theodor Nöldeke (1836–1930). It was first published in 1860, and then revised and expanded by Nöldeke's students and successors between 1909 and 1938. An English translation came out in 2013.

Nöldeke's book represented a major leap forward in the field of Quranic studies, aided by access to collections of manuscripts in Germany and the recent publication of the al-Itqān fī ʿulūm al-Qurʾan, a major 15th-century traditional commentary on the Quran by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, in 1857. Nöldeke reassessed the traditional chronology of the Quran, placing each surah of the Quran into either a Meccan or a Medinan period, with the Meccan period being earlier. The Meccan period was also split into Early, Middle, and Late Meccan phases. Since its publication, the Geschichte has exerted a great influence over the field of Quranic studies, and was described by the scholar Angelika Neuwirth as "the rock of our church".