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The Marcosian Redemption: Mythmaking, the Afterlife, and Early Christian Religiosity

Stephen L. YoungAppalachian State University, Boone, North CarolinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 77-110 | Published online: 21 Nov 2016

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