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Ra'anan S. Boustan
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies University of Minnesota
Annette Yoshiko Reed
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies McMaster University
Ra'anan S. Boustan
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University of Minnesota
Annette Yoshiko Reed
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McMaster University, Ontario
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