The authors of the book opposed the course of action which CUP chose ; instead , they urged Cambridge to contest the lawsuit .
Themselves began to prepare a detailed rebuttal to the claims made by the Bin Mahfouz family .
The authors of the book opposed the course of action which CUP chose ; instead , they urged Cambridge to contest the lawsuit and themselves began to prepare a detailed rebuttal to the claims made by the Bin Mahfouz family .