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By
Jay Parini
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When We Read the Bible as Literature, Do We Retain Its Truths?
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By
Jay Parini
| June 6, 2019
The Wild Visionary at the Heart
of Early Christianity
Jay Parini on Paul, the Unlikely Founder of the Christian Church
By
Jay Parini
| April 19, 2019
The Time I Drank with Borges in a Scottish Pub
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By
Jay Parini
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By
Jay Parini
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