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His major achievement is to set out just how uncertain is our grasp on the immediate setting of Muhammad's life, and on the formation of the Koran. At this moment in world history above all, it should be required reading * Professor Sir Fergus Millar *\u003cbr\u003eHolland is a restless wanderer across the ancient world, both geographically and intellectually... A dazzling range of characters... 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