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Apr192012

05.4 Comparing Tractarian Compositional Style to Wisdom Literature

Note: I mispoke in this lecture. I used the word "Jesus" when I meant "the source of the supposed truth." The point is that books like Proverbs and Psalms are supposed to be "wisdom literature," consisting of just the sayings of the great Truth, to which the inspired or insightful can come to understand without further explanation or tutelage.

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