Internal Critique of the ‘Legend of Abraham’

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Translator’s Note

Mauss’s original notes appear as footnotes (i, ii, iii etc). Editorial notes appear as endnotes (1, 2, 3 etc). All square brackets are absent from the original text, and have been especially inserted in Mauss’s footnotes to help with clarifying or correcting his references. The bibliography provided at the end lists these together with the references in our introduction and endnotes.

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