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ajiss-1652	Kersten, Carool	Quranic Studies: Sources and Methods of Scriptural Interpretation by John Wansbrough (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. 316 pages.)	2006.0	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1249	38	39	Reading Wansbrough is apparently even frustrating for some of the most prominent historians of Islam, as can be deduced from Humphreys’ characterization of Wansbrough’s chosen writing style: “He affects a ferociously opaque style which bristles with unexplained technical terms in many languages, obscure allusions, and Teutonic grammar” (Humphreys, Islamic History [1999], 83-84). The second half of Quranic Studies examines the exegetical literature on the Qur’an, which, as Wansbrough states at the outset, can “hardly be described as homogenous” (p. 119).	cache/ajiss-1652.pdf	txt/ajiss-1652.txt