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Children’s Bibles in the Reformation: Martin Luther‘s „Passional“ (1529) and Wendelin Rihel‘s „Leienbibel (1540). In J. Powell McNutt &#38; H. Selderhuis (Eds.), <i>The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and the Reformation</i> (pp. 171–185). Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13\">https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753186.013.13</a>","short":"M. Keuchen, in: J. Powell McNutt, H. 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