War, Comfort, and Compassion in Lamentations

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War, Comfort, and Compassion in Lamentations. / Middlemas, Jill.

In: Expository Times, Vol. 130, No. 8, 2019, p. 345-356.

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Middlemas, J 2019, 'War, Comfort, and Compassion in Lamentations', Expository Times, vol. 130, no. 8, pp. 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524619831576

APA

Middlemas, J. (2019). War, Comfort, and Compassion in Lamentations. Expository Times, 130(8), 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524619831576

Vancouver

Middlemas J. War, Comfort, and Compassion in Lamentations. Expository Times. 2019;130(8):345-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524619831576

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Middlemas, Jill. / War, Comfort, and Compassion in Lamentations. In: Expository Times. 2019 ; Vol. 130, No. 8. pp. 345-356.

Bibtex

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