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Nietzsche’s Confrontation with Christianity via the Body and History 尼采通过身体和历史与基督教的对抗

IF 0.3 3区哲学

JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1086/723756

Matthew T Messerschmidt

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The Bahir and Its Historiography: A Reassessment 巴林及其史学:重新评估

IF 0.3 3区哲学

JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1086/723757

Avishai Bar-Asher

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:The Antichrist: A New Biography ：《反基督者：新传》

IF 0.3 3区哲学

JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1086/723747

Richard Raiswell

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3区哲学

JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1086/726103

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:The Crown and the Courts: Separation of Powers in the Early Jewish Imagination ：王室与法院：早期犹太人想象中的权力分立

IF 0.3 3区哲学