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Book Title: Pentecostal Mission in Palestine : the Legacy of Pentecostal Zionism
Item Length: 10in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Eric Nelson Newberg
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / Pentecostal & Charismatic, Christian Theology / General, Christian Church / History, Christian Theology / History, History, Middle East / General, Jewish
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Religion, History
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
