Laws, works, and the end of days: Rhetorics of identification, distinction, and persuasion in miqşat ma'aśeh ha-torah (Dead Sea Scroll 4QMMT)

Rhetoric Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-238

  McComiskey, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 77954061967     PISSN: 07350198     EISSN: 15327981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350198.2010.485960     Document Type: Article

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