Passing through the wall: On Outings, Exodus, angels, and the Ark

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-390

  Wassersug, Richard Joel ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angels; Eunuchs; Holy Ark; Prostate cancer; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN;

ARTICLE; EUNUCHOIDISM; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; BIBLE; EUNUCHISM; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 70349996486     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-008-9231-9     Document Type: Article

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