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Spinoza's leftovers
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MEIR RONNEN
Jerusalem Post
03-26-2004
Headline: Spinoza's leftovers
Byline: MEIR RONNEN
Edition; Up Front
Section: Books
Page: 33
Friday, March 26, 2004 -- REMBRANDT'S JEWS by Steven Nadler. The University of Chicago Press 250 pp. $25
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