D.A. Chwolson as an expert witness and student of abraham geiger

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D.A. Chwolson as an expert witness and student of abraham geiger : Three chapters from a scientific biography. / Bratkin, Dimitri.

In: Gosudarstvo, Religiia, Tserkov' v Rossii i za Rubezhom/State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2018, p. 107-124.

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Bratkin, Dimitri. / D.A. Chwolson as an expert witness and student of abraham geiger : Three chapters from a scientific biography. In: Gosudarstvo, Religiia, Tserkov' v Rossii i za Rubezhom/State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide. 2018 ; Vol. 36, No. 1. pp. 107-124.

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