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First published in Great Britain in 2010
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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Copyright © Thomas O’Loughlin 2010
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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are the author’s own translation.
Quotations marked [RSV] are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952 and 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NB The RSV Apocrypha was copyright © 1957.
Quotations marked [NRSV] are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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SPCK ISBN 978–0–281–05953–9
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