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Book Title: Jews, Gentiles, And Other Animals: The Talmud After The Huma...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Mira Beth Wasserman
Publication Name: Jews, Gentiles, and OTHER Animals : the Talmud after the Humanities
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 2017
Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
