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Book Title: Necessary King : a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic Portrait of the Monarchy
Item Length: 9.2in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: David Janzen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Royalty, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Biblical Studies / General
Publisher: Sheffield Phonix Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Religion
Item Weight: 21.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
