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- ↑ Kaplan, Benjamin J. at the Library of Congress website
- 1 2 "A Revisionist Historian Looks at Religious Toleration," Peter Steinfels, Nov. 24, 2007, New York Times.
- ↑ "Professor Ben Kaplan". Archived from the original on 2010-09-26.
- ↑ "Benjamin Kaplan - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ↑ "Professor Ben Kaplan". 2 July 2018.
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