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Book Title: Children of Abraham : Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Francis Edward Peters
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Islam / History, Judaism / History, Judaism / General, Comparative Religion, Christianity / General, History
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
