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Book: Prophecy and Power: Muhammad and the Qur'an in Light of Comparison

Chapter: Preface

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.19814

Blurb:

A short introduction to legacy of the late Marilyn Waldman who died in July 1996 and whom Lawrence characterizes as having used 'her special knowledge of Islam to attack general knowledge of Islam, but even more to undercut taken-for-granted conceptions of prophecy that exclude or reduce or misshape Islamic evidence.'

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