Abstract
The present paper conceptualises two distinct ways in which scholars may try to make sense of a document or set of documents, and considers why so few attempts are made to marry these two approaches. By subjecting the collected contents of an early 20th-century documentary scroll from Nasaf first to an 'evocative' reading and then to an 'antiphonal' one, I consider what we may glean from considering each reading in the light of the other.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 258-278 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Islam - Zeitschrift fur Geschichte und Kultur des Islamischen Orients |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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The rabbit, the duck, and the study of central Asian legal documents. / Welsford, Thomas.
In: Islam - Zeitschrift fur Geschichte und Kultur des Islamischen Orients, Vol. 88, No. 2, 10.2012, p. 258-278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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