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History and Religion: Narrating a Religious Past (Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten, 68) by Bernd-Christian Otto (editor); Susanne Rau (editor); Jörg Rüpke (editor); Andrés Quero-Sánchez (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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- Author
- Bernd-Christian Otto (editor); Susanne Rau (editor); Jörg Rüpke (editor); Andrés Quero-Sánchez (editor)
- Publisher
- Saur, K. G., Verlag. ein Imprint der Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783110445954
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Religion, Literary Criticism
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