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      <description><![CDATA[Begin with The Seven Storey Mountain (1948), then New Seeds of Contemplation (1962) — the reading order, the editions to check, and the honest cautions the journals documented.]]></description>
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      <title>What Did the Dead Sea Scrolls Actually Change About the Bible?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:49:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Where to start with the Desert Fathers: Benedicta Ward's Sayings of the Desert Fathers, and how to read apophthegms a few at a time.]]></description>
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      <title>Where to Start With Augustine&apos;s Confessions</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Read the Quran in Translation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How to read the Quran in translation: why the suras run long to short, Abdel Haleem, Arberry, and Yusuf Ali, and where to begin.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Reading Dante in English Translation</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[How to read the Psalms: the five books, the genres, six psalms to read first, and which translation — KJV, NRSV, or Alter — to hold.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where to Start With Rumi</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Javier Hughes</dc:creator>
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