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Sophia/Wisdom/Jesus/God in the First Three Centuries CE
A Bible and Beyond Discussion
Monday, August 15, 2022
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Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig
Host: Shirley Paulson, PhD
Sophia/Wisdom/Jesus/God in the First Three Centuries CE
The key character of Sophia/Wisdom in the development of Jesus peoples of the first two hundred years of the Common Era, the development of Second Temple Judaism, and initial development Rabbinic Judaism are the extraordinary dimensions of this Monday Bible and Beyond Discussion. We’ll be looking at a complicated set of documents in the following order of importance:
- I Corinthians 1:18-2:9 with special emphasis on 2:6-8
- (Letter of) James 3:13-18
- Luke 7: 31-35
- Gospel of Matthew 11:25-30
- Proverbs 1
- Proverbs 8
- Ecclesiasticus 24
- Wisdom of Solomon 7-11
All of these texts are in a Christian Bible of one kind or another. All of the I Corinthians, James, Luke, Matthew, and Proverbs are in all Christian Bibles, and Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible. The texts in Ecclesiasticus and Wisdom of Solomon are in all Roman Catholic Bibles.
We will study passages from these books that include the character of Wisdom/Sophia. She is a divine female character who descends from God to work with humans. In a number of Jesus peoples of the first two centuries, this character of Wisdom/Sophia is associated with Jesus himself, although in other Jesus peoples writings of the first two centuries Jesus and Wisdom/Sophia are not associated with one another.
Links to online texts used in this Discussion:
I Corinthians 1:18-2:9 with special emphasis on 2:6-8; (Letter of) James 3:13-18; Luke 7: 31-35; Gospel of Matthew 11:25-30; Proverbs 1; Proverbs 8; Ecclesiasticus 24; Wisdom of Solomon 7-11
Hi, I like your podcasts and would like to share a couple verses with you.
Prov.3:13(ASV) Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
Rev.22:1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
2in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein*:(her) and his servants shall serve him;
* αὐτῇ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun – Dative * Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.
Yes, that is Feminine.
the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein*:(her).
May God bless all of your work.