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    <description>The economics of faith publishing: bible market share, denominational subsidies, seminary press budgets, retail channels and devotional title sales.</description>
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      <title>Marilynne Robinson Took On Genesis, and the Reviews Argued About What She Found</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Reading Genesis (FSG, March 2024) read the Bible's first book as coherent theological literature — and the reviews split on whether the coherence is the text's or the novelist's. Literary news, briefly.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:57:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Clara Bennett</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A primer on the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek manuscripts found near Qumran, what they contain, and why they still matter to anyone reading the Hebrew Bible.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:49:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Robert Alter: The Hebrew Bible</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A single scholar's twenty-year translation argues that the Hebrew Bible was written by poets first, and that English versions since the King James have muted the music to make room for doctrine.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Clara Bennett</dc:creator>
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      <title>Notre-Dame Opens a €130 Million Drive for Its Final Restoration Phase</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Notre-Dame’s final restoration phase (2027–2033) needs €150 million; €20 million is secured and a €130 million donation campaign has opened.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Comparing Translations of the Tao Te Ching</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lau's scholarly plainness, Mitchell's open paraphrase, Le Guin's poet's rendition — the Guodian and Mawangdui manuscripts behind them, and which version fits which reader.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:57:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Clara Bennett</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Business Behind the Christy Awards</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Christian fiction's top industry prize returns to Nashville in November — a reminder of how a niche publishing market keeps itself visible to itself.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:49:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Clara Bennett</dc:creator>
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      <title>Christie’s London Books and Manuscripts Sale Sets a Record</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Christie’s London Books and Manuscripts sale of July 8, 2026 set a various-owner record at £12.7 million, led by the Re Artù manuscript.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Deshawn Carter</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Read a Stained Glass Window</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How to read a stained glass window: lead came, silver stain, medallions and typology at Chartres, Canterbury and Sainte-Chapelle.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Clara Bennett</dc:creator>
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      <title>How Notre-Dame Commissioned Its New Stained Glass</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How Notre-Dame commissioned six new stained-glass windows: an open call, a jury, Claire Tabouret, and a Reims atelier, per The Guardian.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Valentina Rossi-Moretti</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Look at an Icon</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How to look at an icon: gold ground, reverse perspective, egg tempera and levkas — the grammar of Orthodox panel painting explained.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Valentina Rossi-Moretti</dc:creator>
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      <title>Bible Sales in the U.S. Hit a 21-Year High</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bible sales hit a 21-year U.S. high in 2025: 19 million units, up 12 percent, per Circana BookScan data reported by Publishers Weekly.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where to See Rembrandt’s Biblical Paintings</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Where to see Rembrandt’s biblical paintings: Rijksmuseum, National Gallery, Hermitage and Mauritshuis, plus how he read Scripture.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Deshawn Carter</dc:creator>
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      <title>Nazi-Looted Vienna Mahzor Sells for $6.4 Million at Sotheby’s</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, written in 1415 and looted in 1938, sold for $6.4 million at Sotheby’s New York in February 2026.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Clara Bennett</dc:creator>
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      <title>Only Complete Copy of Richard Rolle’s ‘Emendatio Vitae’ Identified at Shrewsbury School</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The only complete copy of Richard Rolle’s Emendatio vitae in its original form has been identified at Shrewsbury School, announced January 9, 2026.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Museums Keep Sacred Art</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Why museums keep sacred art: revolution, secularization, provenance duties and the restitution debates now reshaping collections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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