[T]he greater the sense of awe with which a text was regarded, the more complete might be the amnesia as to the original circumstances of its composition.

[T]he greater the sense of awe with which a text was regarded, the more complete might be the amnesia as to the original circumstances of its composition.

– Tom Holland –

In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

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