Biblical Ethics and Plotinus

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Biblical Ethics and Plotinus. / Pontoppidan, Maria.

I: Judaica Petropolitana, Bind 1, 2013, s. 56-67.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Konferenceartikel › Forskning

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Pontoppidan, M 2013, 'Biblical Ethics and Plotinus', Judaica Petropolitana, bind 1, s. 56-67. <http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=26535796>

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Pontoppidan, M. (2013). Biblical Ethics and Plotinus. Judaica Petropolitana, 1, 56-67. http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=26535796

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Pontoppidan M. Biblical Ethics and Plotinus. Judaica Petropolitana. 2013;1:56-67.

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Pontoppidan, Maria. / Biblical Ethics and Plotinus. I: Judaica Petropolitana. 2013 ; Bind 1. s. 56-67.

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