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Names: Power of Parables: Narrative and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity (Conference) (2019 : Utrecht, Netherlands), author. | Merz, Annette, editor.
Title: The power of parables : essays on the comparative study of Jewish and Christian parables / edited and introduced by Eric Ottenheijm, Marcel Poorthuis, Annette Merz ; with the editorial assistance of Nikki Spoelstra.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024] | Series: Jewish and Christian perspectives series, 1388–2074 ; volume 39 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023030941 (print) | LCCN 2023030942 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004680029 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004680043 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible—Parables—Congresses. | Storytelling—Religious aspects—Judaism—Congresses. | Storytelling—Religious aspects—Christianity—Congresses.
Classification: LCC BS680.P3 P69 2019 (print) | LCC BS680.P3 (ebook) | DDC 226.8/06—dc23/eng/20230814
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023030941
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023030942
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ISSN 1388-2074
ISBN 978-90-04-68002-9 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-68004-3 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004680043
Copyright 2024 by Eric Ottenheijm, Marcel Poorthuis and Annette Merz. Published by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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