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Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adults
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Number of Pages: 891
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Book Title: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English, Vol. 2 : With Introductions and Critical and Explanatory Notes to the Several Books; Pseudepigrapha (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Topic: Judaism / General, General
Item Height: 1.8 in
Publication Year: 2017
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, History
Item Weight: 41.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: R. H. Charles
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
