The Food of Life and the Food of Death in Texts from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East

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The Food of Life and the Food of Death in Texts from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. / Hjelm, Ingrid.

Biblical Narratives, Archaeology and Historicity. : Essays In Honour of Thomas L. Thompson.. ed. / Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò; Emanuel Pfoh. London and New york : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019. p. 159-175.

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Harvard

Hjelm, I 2019, The Food of Life and the Food of Death in Texts from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. in L Niesiolowski-Spanò & E Pfoh (eds), Biblical Narratives, Archaeology and Historicity. : Essays In Honour of Thomas L. Thompson.. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, London and New york, pp. 159-175.

APA

Hjelm, I. (2019). The Food of Life and the Food of Death in Texts from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. In L. Niesiolowski-Spanò, & E. Pfoh (Eds.), Biblical Narratives, Archaeology and Historicity. : Essays In Honour of Thomas L. Thompson. (pp. 159-175). Bloomsbury T&T Clark.

Vancouver

Hjelm I. The Food of Life and the Food of Death in Texts from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. In Niesiolowski-Spanò L, Pfoh E, editors, Biblical Narratives, Archaeology and Historicity. : Essays In Honour of Thomas L. Thompson.. London and New york: Bloomsbury T&T Clark. 2019. p. 159-175

Author

Hjelm, Ingrid. / The Food of Life and the Food of Death in Texts from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. Biblical Narratives, Archaeology and Historicity. : Essays In Honour of Thomas L. Thompson.. editor / Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò ; Emanuel Pfoh. London and New york : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019. pp. 159-175

Bibtex

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