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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

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