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Book Title: Maimonides ON the Decline of the Generations and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Menachem M. Kellner
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism / General, Religion & Science, Jewish
Publisher: STATE University of NY Press
Publication Year: 1996
Genre: Religion, History
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 137 Pages
