Proverbs 8?

Randall Lind
Randall Lind Member Posts: 333 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Is Lady Wisdom and Jesus the same person or am I missing something 1-21 talks about wisdom which is a lady.. However, 22-30 sounds a lot like Jesus.

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  • David Thomas
    David Thomas Member Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭

    Is Lady Wisdom and Jesus the same person or am I missing something 1-21 talks about wisdom which is a lady.. However, 22-30 sounds a lot like Jesus.

    That is a good interpretive question. Many see an intentional link between the Hebrew "wisdom of God" and the Greek "logos". Forum guidelines prohibit me from stating how I would answer your question, but it is an interesting concept to use your Logos Library to explore.

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  • Randall Lind
    Randall Lind Member Posts: 333 ✭✭

    Email me randall.lind@gmail.com with how you would answer if you wish I like to know what you think. I am confused. 

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭

    Without answering your question, NABRE (largely Catholic) illustrates the problem in the notes below (not suggesting they're right or wrong). The note clearly treats as female, but the NT references are clearly male (Jesus). In between Sirach treats as female (wisdom). Linguistically, in the old semitic, it was not all that unusual for a word to be in one gender (with support words), but clearly referring to the opposite gender. 

  • Christian Alexander
    Christian Alexander Member Posts: 748 ✭✭

    That is a good interpretive question. Many see an intentional link between the Hebrew "wisdom of God" and the Greek "logos". Forum guidelines prohibit me from stating how I would answer your question, but it is an interesting concept to use your Logos Library to explore.

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