Merely A Copy, Ctd

A reader writes:

As chair of a religious studies department, I can speak with a little authority on this topic. I think Hertzberg's rather romantic statement - like Frances Widdowson's more cynical statement on Canada's national broadcaster this weekend (she called the Qur'an a book just like any other book) - fails to recognize the uniqueness of the Qur'an, theologically speaking.  It is scripture par excellence - the literal word of God (not necessarily subject exclusively to literal...