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Book Title: John Chrysostom and the Jews : Rhetoric and Reality in the Late 4th Century
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Robert L. Wilken
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / History, Christian Church / History, Christian Theology / History, Christian Theology / Apologetics, Judaism / General, Religious, Christianity / General
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Religion
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 210 Pages
