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Bal, M. G. (1988). Death & dissymmetry: the politics of coherence in the Book of Judges. (Chicago studies in the history of Judaism). The University of Chicago Press.
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Lucas, F. (1988). Livre d'images. La vision en acte dans la litterature de la modernite en France. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. in eigen beheer.
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Bal, M. G. (1988). Rivalität zwischen Männer - Grund der Unterdrückung von Frauen. In E. R. Schmidt, M. Korenhof, & R. Jost (Eds.), Feministisch gelesen. Vol. 1: 32 ausgewählte Bibeltexte für Gruppen, Gemeinden und Gottesdienste (pp. 60-66). Kreuz Verlag.
Bal, M. G. (1988). Tricky thematics. In J. C. Exum, & J. W. H. Bos (Eds.), Reasoning with the foxes : female wit in a world of male power (pp. 133-155). (Semeia; No. 42). Scholars Press.
