A HISTORY

OF THE

LITERATURE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

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LITERATURE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 135 B.C.

BY

HENRY THATCHER FOWLER, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND HISTORY
IN BROWN UNIVERSITY

New York

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1922

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