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- ↑ "Rabbenu Tam, Sefer ha-Yashar (The Book of Righteousness)". Virtual Judaica. October 23, 2012. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ↑ Jones, Derek (2001-12-01). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 2546. ISBN 9781136798634 . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ Paley, Morton D. (Fall 1996). "William Blake, Jacob Ilive and the Book of Jasher". Blake Quarterly Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
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