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Book Title: Ransom of the Soul : Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity
Item Length: 0.8in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Peter Brown
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Ancient / General, Christianity / History, Afterlife & Reincarnation, Economics / General, Europe / Medieval
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
