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Part I - Approaching the Gospels

Context and Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2021

Stephen C. Barton
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University of Durham
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Fowl, Stephen E., and Jones, L. Gregory, Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life (London: SPCK, 1991)Google Scholar
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