In the book of Proverbs, a book which Jews and Protestants and Catholics accept, there is a beautiful poem (8:22-31) in which Wisdom refers to herself as present at creation, "Yahweh created me, first-fruits of his fashioning..from everlasting I was firmly set...Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I came to birth....I was beside him, like a master craftsman, delighting him day after day, ever at play in his presence." In chapter 9 she continues, "Happy are those who keep my ways...Whoever finds me finds life."
The Greek word for "wisdom" is "sophia." I don't remember ever studying this in the seminary, but I intend to take some time meditating on Lady Wisdom here and in the books of Sirach and Wisdom.
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