both binding and demanding. To underscore the objectivity of this revelation which is being set forth, virtually nothing is mentioned about the details of the life of the prophet except the prophet’s name (along with his father’s name, which does no more than to help identify him). The prophet is not important because he is a religious personage within the parameters of his own particular existence, but rather because of his function as one who announces the details of the vision which has come to
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