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THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE QUR’AN
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72 GdQ1, 107.
73 GdQ1, 143, n. 2; this note was probably written by Schwally.
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77 See Gilliot and Larcher, 123–4.
78 Kahle, The Cairo Geniza, p. 142.
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83 For more on Mingana, see Gilliot, “Reconstruction critique,” § no. 40.
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85 G. Lüling, A Challenge to Islam for Reformation: The Rediscovery and Reliable
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86 Lüling, Challenge, LXIII.
87 See Gilliot and Larcher, 129–30.
88 Luxenberg, Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran, 10–15; Gilliot, “Langue et
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90 Simon Hopkins, review of Luxenberg’s book, in JSAI 28, 2003, 380.
91 Luxenberg, Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran, 269–76 (2nd edn, 304–10).
92 See Gilliot, “L’embarras d’un exégète musulman face à un palimpseste. Maturidi et
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94 Ibid., 44–6.
95 Birkeland, The Lord Guideth: Studies on Primitive Islam.
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