Disability in the hebrew bible: Interpreting mental and physical differences

Disability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Mental and Physical Differences

Volumn 9780521888073, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-181

  Olyan, Saul M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499036     Document Type: Book

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