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Cover illustration: Menorah Token, lead, Israel, 4th–6th century. Credit: The Walters Art Museum, museum purchase, 1993.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Estes, Douglas, editor.
Title: The tree of life / edited by Douglas Estes.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Themes in biblical narrative, 1388-3909 ; volume 27 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019055512 | ISBN 9789004423732 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004423756 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Tree of life. | Tree of life–Biblical teaching. | Tree of life–Comparative studies.
Classification: LCC BV168.T7 T74 2020 | DDC 246/.55–dc23
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ISSN 1388-3909
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