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TAKING ISLAM SERIOUSLY THE LEGACY OF JOHN WANSBROUGH

Journal of Semitic Studies, 2000
Cet article examine cinq articles de la revue Islamic Origins Reconsidered d'un numero special consacre a John Wansbrough et l'etude de l'islam (1997). Ces articles ont d'abord ete des conferences donnees a la 206e rencontre (1996) de l'«American Oriental Society» de Philadelphie. C. Adams et H. Berg proposent des introductions generales aux oeuvres de
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Taking a Critical Turn: Reflections on Islamic Studies and the Relevance of John Wansbrough

2013
The present state of Islamic studies has come under scrutiny for its heavy reliance on confessional and essentialist discourses that give credence to religious and theological claims. For many Islamicists, religious and political biases determine not only what data is selected for study, but also how that data is presented, interpreted and evaluated ...
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The Implications of, and Opposition to, the Methods and Theories of John Wansbrough

2013
Herbert Berg
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Comptes rendus / Reviews of books: Islamic Origins Reconsidered: John Wansbrough and the Study of Early Islam

Studies in Religion-Sciences Religieuses, 1999
Daniel J Sahas
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Review of John Wansbrough, Quranic Studies. Sources and Methods of Scriptural Interpretation, Oxford 1977

2018
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Reflections on the work of John Wansbrough

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 1997
At least some of the negative reactions to and neglect of Wansbrough's work is due to the breadth of his erudition and the turgidity of his style. However, these do not detract from the intriguing methods and theories that he brings to the study of early Islamic texts.
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John Wansbrough, Islam, and monotheism

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 1997
John Wansbrough has elaborated a model of the emergence of Islam, one of the chief merits of which is to place Islam squarely within the development of Semitic or Middle Eastern monotheism. This article draws attention to the way in which Islam's own tradition about its origins, and most modern scholarship which has worked within the framework provided
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History and nostalgia: Reflections on John Wansbrough's The Sectarian Milieu

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 1997
In the fourth chapter of The Sectarian Milieu, John Wansbrough asks the question whether Islam gives expression to a concept of history as event or as process, the one implying a nostalgic, the other a dynamic approach to community history. This paper accepts the distinction while suggesting that there are more ways of exploring the question than that ...
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Form Criticism or a Rolling Corpus: The Methodology of John Wansbrough through the Lens of Biblical Studies

Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association, 2016
John Wansbrough’s scholarship on the Qur??n has had a significant impacton Qur??nic Studies over the last forty years. His ideas continue to stimulateresearch into historical and literary dimensions of the Qur??n, even thoughassessments vary greatly regarding the plausibility of some of his major ideas,and his subtle arguments can be difficult to ...
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