You Shall Not Steal

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Book Title: You Shall Not Steal : Community and Property in the Biblical Tradition

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.4in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Robert Karl Gnuse

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Christian Theology / General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Christian Life / Social Issues, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Property, Christian Theology / Ethics, Criminology

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers

Publication Year: 2011

Genre: Law, Religion, Social Science

Item Weight: 8.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 172 Pages