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Nov 2020
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Blood Meridian Discussion

Erik Rostad
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In this episode, Jason A. Staples, Ph.D. and Erik Rostad discuss Blood Meridian: or The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy. Show Notes Jason A. Staples, Ph.D. website – https://www.jasonstaples.com/ Jason’s upcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Press – The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People,...


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