Chapter 13 AMRAM: Apocalypticism and Authority in the Visions of Amram

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The Aramaic Books of Enoch and Related Literature from Qumran

Proceedings of the International Online Conference Organized by the Center for the Study of Second Temple Judaism of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, in Cooperation with Enoch Seminar, 20–22 October 2020

Series:  Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume: 216
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