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Reviewer: Joseph Angel Title: The Use of Sobriquets in the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls Author: Matthew A. Collins   Reviewer: Sidnie White Crawford Title: The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Sectarian and Related Literature at Qumran Author: William R. G. Loader   Reviewer: Justin Jaron Lewis Title: The Scroll of Secrets: The Hidden Messianic Vision of R. Nachman of Breslav Author: Zvi Mark

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