{"id":20573,"date":"2010-06-29T06:24:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=20573"},"modified":"2010-06-29T06:25:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T14:25:59","slug":"gershon-hepners-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=20573","title":{"rendered":"Gershon Hepner&#8217;s New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anon writes: About the time <A HREF=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1007\">Dr. Gershon Hepner returned to prison life<\/a>, his new book of Torah commentary was published (<em><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Legal-Friction-Narrative-Identity-Literature\/dp\/0820474622\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1277664795&#038;sr=1-2\">Legal Friction: Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel<\/a><\/em>).  In this book, he takes many stands that would qualify men of lesser moral rectitude to be considered apikorsim (heretics).  Let us hope that the good doctor&#8217;s rectitude is maintained while takes his stand in prison, and that he is welcomed back into the loving arms of Pico-Robertson&#8217;s gold-plated shuls.<\/p>\n<p>If you buy it on Amazon, it is only $134.13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anon writes: About the time Dr. Gershon Hepner returned to prison life, his new book of Torah commentary was published (Legal Friction: Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel). 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