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Book Title: Virtue Ethics of Levi Gersonides
Item Length: 8.3in
Item Width: 5.8in
Author: Alexander Green
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: History & Surveys / Medieval, Religious, Comparative Religion, Judaism / Theology
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Religion, Philosophy
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: Xxiii, 195 Pages
