Breakfast and Bible

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Ordinary 20

Proverbs speaks of the desire for Wisdom. Wisdom is a personaification of God. Not to be confused with "the divine feminine" that is being promoted. In the Greek "Wisdom" is a feminine noun. In many languages nouns have genders assigned. For example in German, der Mann (the man) is masculine; die Dame (the woman) is feminine; but das machhen (the girl) is neuter. That does not maake her an "It". In the case of Proverbs, in using a feminine noun it follows that you use feminine pronouns in the same context.

It is God who is calling us to "taste and see the goodness of the Lord". What we find in answer to the call is Wisdom, the all knowing God.

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