Driving a Hard Bargain?: Genesis 23 and Models of Economic Exchange

Anthropology and Biblical Studies: Avenues of Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 79-96

  MacDonald, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789004397507_009     Document Type: Chapter

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