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| Author | : Moshe Blidstein |
| File Size | : 53,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 06 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 9780198791959 |
| Pages | : 303 pages |
This study examines how early Christian writers drew on ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions to develop their own ideas about purity, purification, defilement, and disgust.
This study examines how early Christian writers drew on ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions to develop their own ideas about purity, purification, defilement, and disgust.
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