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Names: Talbot, Margaret Murray, author.
Title: Why Jephthah’s daughter weeps : a child-oriented interpretation / by Margaret Murray Talbot.
Description: Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2022. | Series: Biblical interpretation series, 0928–0731 ; 199 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022000366 (print) | LCCN 2022000367 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004508163 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004508170 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Menstruation in the Bible. | Jephthah’s daughter (Biblical figure) | Bible. Judges, XI—Feminist criticism.
Classification: LCC BS1199.M46 T35 2022 (print) | LCC BS1199.M46 (ebook) | DDC 220.8/612662—dc23/eng/20220126
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ISSN 0928-0731
ISBN 978-90-04-50816-3 (hardback)
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