Anti-Covenant: Counter Reading Women's Lives in the Hebrew Bible (Bible and Literature Series)
โ Scribed by Mieke Bal
- Publisher
- Sheffield Academic Press
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 244
- Series
- Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 81
- Category
- Library
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