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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jenkins, Philip, 1952− author.
Title: Crucible of faith : the ancient revolution that made our modern religious world / Philip Jenkins.
Description: New York : Basic Books, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017010045| ISBN 9780465096404 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780465096411 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Christianity—Origin. | Cosmogony, Ancient. | Judaism—History—Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. | Judaism—History—Talmudic period, 10–425.
Classification: LCC BR166 .J465 2017 | DDC 200.9/014—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017010045
E3-20170803-JV-NF