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S8 Ep893: Why Christians Need to Read the Apocrypha: Dr. Joey Dodson

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The Book of Wisdom of Solomon - The Wisdom Solomon

The wisdom of solomon is written for the people to pursue righteousness that comes from above. It's going to draw specifically, unlike what we see in proverbs eight, of this lady wisdom, who is there and how god use wisdom to create the world. And so you can imagine the early church drawing upon this jewish work to say, hey, this is a prophecy of jesus christ and of his second coming. For your audience, wo maye not be does no greek a wisdom. Lady wisdom is feminine, and that spirit is neuter. Lagos is masculine.

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