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2/18/10

Archives of Journals Judaism and Hebrew Studies online

Two Jewish studies journals have come online on an ad sponsored site, The Free Library.
  • Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
  • Hebrew Studies Journal (with a scathing 1990 review by us of  a book by Haim Maccoby.)
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