Is There a Text in This Tradition? Readers' Response and the Taming of Samuel's God

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Volumn 24, Issue 83, 1999, Pages 31-51

  Noll, K L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949857369     PISSN: 03090892     EISSN: 14766728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030908929902408303     Document Type: Article

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