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Finally, Aymer encourages student to ask what it might mean now for twenty-first-century people to take seriously a separatist migrant discourse not only as an interesting ancient writing but as a scripture, a lens through which its readers can glimpse the possibilities for how lives are to be lived, and how contemporary worlds can be interpreted and engaged?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52347022377233,"sku":"NLS9781350008830","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52512275824913,"sku":"CIN1350008834G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781350008830.jpg?v=1758177037"},{"product_id":"gospels-and-acts-book-margaret-aymer-9781506415895","title":"The Gospels and Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis commentary on the Gospels and Acts, excerpted from the \u003cb\u003eFortress Commentary on the Bible: The New Testament\u003c\/b\u003e, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. 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