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THIRD EDITION
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Revised and Updated. — 3rd ed. / general editor, Mark Allan Powell; associate editors, Barry L. Bandstra . . . [et al.].
p. cm.
ISBN 978–0–06–146906–0
1. Bible—Dictionaries. I. Powell, Mark Allan. II. HarperCollins (Firm)
BS440.H235 2011
220.3—dc22
2010007897
EPub Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780062078599
Version 06092015
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