Decapitation and the discourse of antisyncretism in the Babylonian Talmud

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 743-769

  Berkowitz, Beth A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/jaar/70.4.743     Document Type: Article

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