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Book Title: The Economics Of The Mishnah
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Jacob Neusner
Publication Name: Economics of the Mishnah
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism Ser.
Publication Year: 1990
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
