Christians and Vedic Sacrifice: Comparing Communitarian Sacrificial Soteriologies
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2164-6279
DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1547