‘Rabbinizing’ in Sixteenth-Century Polemics

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‘Rabbinizing’ in Sixteenth-Century Polemics. / Shamir, Avner.

In: Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2022, p. 3-18.

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Shamir, A 2022, '‘Rabbinizing’ in Sixteenth-Century Polemics', Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 3-18. https://doi.org/10.30752/nj.111014

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Shamir, A. (2022). ‘Rabbinizing’ in Sixteenth-Century Polemics. Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies, 33(1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.30752/nj.111014

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Shamir A. ‘Rabbinizing’ in Sixteenth-Century Polemics. Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies. 2022;33(1):3-18. https://doi.org/10.30752/nj.111014

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Shamir, Avner. / ‘Rabbinizing’ in Sixteenth-Century Polemics. In: Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies. 2022 ; Vol. 33, No. 1. pp. 3-18.

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