In addition to Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi and Guillaume Dye,[1] the work has contributions from twenty-six other researchers, including Muriel Debié, Mehdi Azaiez, Samra Azarnouche, and François Déroche.
[2][3] According to the authors, the project aims to "deal with the 'Quran as a text' based exclusively on historical and philological research that lies outside the realm of belief.
"[4] The work is presented as a review and synthesis of various hypotheses and historical discoveries related to the birth of Islam, the birth of the Quran, its development, its contextual and textual history, the major issues surrounding this text, its writing, propagation, and its canonization into a unique text.
[7][12][13][14][15] Gavin McDowell of Laval University described the book as follows:[8]Le Coran des historiens is a monumental work of Proustian dimensions.
[20] The Iranian Ahl al-Bayt International University, recommended reading the book[21] and organized a research seminar focused on it in 2022.
"[26] However, an Iranian Shiite preacher criticized the work, accusing it of being part of a Western conspiracy to destroy Islam.
[28] Radio France featured the book in a program with Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi[29] and in a series of episodes dedicated to the subject.