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Gender-play and sacred text : a scene from Jeremiah. / Sawyer, Deborah.
In: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Vol. 83, 1999, p. 99-111.

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Sawyer, D 1999, 'Gender-play and sacred text : a scene from Jeremiah.', Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, vol. 83, pp. 99-111.

APA

Sawyer, D. (1999). Gender-play and sacred text : a scene from Jeremiah. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 83, 99-111.

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Sawyer D. Gender-play and sacred text : a scene from Jeremiah. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 1999;83:99-111.

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Sawyer, Deborah. / Gender-play and sacred text : a scene from Jeremiah. In: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 1999 ; Vol. 83. pp. 99-111.

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