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Part III - Methods and Modes of Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

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Patrick Gray
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Rhodes College, Memphis
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The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 331 - 418
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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