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There Once Was a Prophet from Judah

There Once Was a Prophet from Judah

There Once Was a Prophet from Judah

Jeff Carter

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Wipf and Stock Publishers
Año de edición:
2018
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781532638183
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Limericks are, like the Bible, often funny and sometimes obscene. They shock us. They surprise us. They’re not usually considered fitting for polite conversation. But perhaps the Bible has been tamed, has been polished of its rough edges. So let’s take the Bible out of polite conversation and let it shock and surprise us again.

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