Chapter I: Front Matter

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VOL. XXXV
HERFORD'S PHARISAISM

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PHARISAISM

ITS AIM AND ITS METHOD

BY

R. TRAVERS HERFORD, B.A.

AUTHOR OF
"CHRISTIANITY IN TALMUD AND MIDRASH"

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