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  <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Dr. Ryken has served on the faculty of Wheaton College since 1968. He has published over thirty books and more than one hundred articles and essays, devoting much of his scholarship to Bible translations and the study of the Bible as literature. He served as Literary Chairman for the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible and in 2003 received the distinguished Gutenberg Award for his contributions to education, writing, and the understanding of the Bible.
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  <title><![CDATA[The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Writers' Palette Book)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[English Standard Version - The Literary Study Bible]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Graham Ryken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Worldly Saints]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[How to Read the Bible as Literature]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Words of Delight,: A Literary Introduction to the Bible]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly About the Arts (Wheaton Literary Series)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective (Wheaton Literary Series)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Reader's Guide Through the Wardrobe: Exploring C. S. Lewis Classic Story]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Windows to the World: Literature in Christian Perspective]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Leland Ryken]]></name>
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  <published>1985</published>  
  
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