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        "dek": "A meditation on the Jewish doctrine of [teshuva](/glossary.json#letter-T), the Jewish Messianic expectation, and what Christianity inherited and what it altered.",
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        "dek": "A close reading of the New Testament's portrayal of the [Pharisees](/glossary.json#letter-P) and Scribes—and why that portrayal cannot be reconciled with what is known of the historical [Sanhedrin](/glossary.json#letter-S).",
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        "title": "God's Pronoun",
        "dek": "What pronoun should we use for God? A meditation drawing on [the Ba'al Shem Tov](/glossary.json#letter-B), [Kabbalah](/glossary.json#letter-K), and [Martin Buber](/glossary.json#letter-M).",
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        "dek": "The prologue of the Editor's full treatise on [gilgul neshamot](/glossary.json#letter-G)—the rationalist and mystical traditions of soul-transmigration in Judaism, with detailed engagement of [DovBer Pinson](/glossary.json#letter-D)'s contemporary synthesis.",
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