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An Amorite Parallel to the Biblical Story of the Spies

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A Key to Locked Doors

Festschrift for Gerrit Bos on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday

Series:  Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, Volume: 126
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