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The Components of the Rabbinic Documents, From the Whole to the Parts : Vol. VIII, Mekhilta Attributed to Rabbi Ishmael, Part II: Vayassa, Amalek, Bahodesh, Neziqin, Kaspa and Shabbata

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Scholars Press
0788503847 / 9780788503849
Hardback
01/01/1997
United States
344 pages
162 x 235 mm, 640 grams
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