Wisdom: The Feminine Face of GodContinuing his highly acclaimed series of spiritual and social commentaries on the books of the Bible, Daniel Berrigan offers an original and timely reading of the Wisdom of Solomon. Navigating through its complex style which intermixes poetry characteristic of the Old Testament and elaborate sentences found in Greek Oratory Berrigan's Wisdom: The Feminine Face of God reveals the philosophical, ethical, theological, historical, psychological, and scientific issues raised by the text and wrestles with their contemporary relevance. Berrigan beautifully draws out the image of Sophia, or Woman Wisdom. As one of the most powerful and mystical figures in the Bible, Woman Wisdom is the timeless personification of intelligence, holiness, purity, loyalty, justice, courage, and love. Emanating from God, she seeks to transform the world and invites all people of goodwill to be her lovers. Our challenge, as Berrigan's book makes clear, is to open our hearts and say, Yes. |
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... he has undertaken , the prison sentences he has served ( during which he continues to minister " on the inside " ) , and the books he has written including this book , which shows that this kind of life is the fruit of Wisdom .
... he has undertaken , the prison sentences he has served ( during which he continues to minister " on the inside " ) , and the books he has written including this book , which shows that this kind of life is the fruit of Wisdom .
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on the strongest theological grounds conceivable , on the grounds that it is revealed by God as the kind of life for which all human beings were created and in which they can truly flourish . Thus at one point , Daniel notes that the ...
on the strongest theological grounds conceivable , on the grounds that it is revealed by God as the kind of life for which all human beings were created and in which they can truly flourish . Thus at one point , Daniel notes that the ...
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Wisdom has to do with living a certain kind of life , not unlike the kind of life Daniel has lived : praying , visiting the sick , giving retreats , getting arrested and sent to prison , and of course , all the while , writing .
Wisdom has to do with living a certain kind of life , not unlike the kind of life Daniel has lived : praying , visiting the sick , giving retreats , getting arrested and sent to prison , and of course , all the while , writing .
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Can we then create a kind of midrash of the mind , can we stand outside the text , as well as within ? Are we confident of our experience , can we judge what goes on here , summon our lives as PREFACE xix Acknowledgments.
Can we then create a kind of midrash of the mind , can we stand outside the text , as well as within ? Are we confident of our experience , can we judge what goes on here , summon our lives as PREFACE xix Acknowledgments.
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What survives the centuries and arrives in our hands is a kind of wideranging anthology . The texts include moral teaching , poetry , and history . They are also marked ( and marred ) by personal pique , classism , sexism , fear , and ...
What survives the centuries and arrives in our hands is a kind of wideranging anthology . The texts include moral teaching , poetry , and history . They are also marked ( and marred ) by personal pique , classism , sexism , fear , and ...
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The Spirit fills the universe Be just you rulers and take note 11224 | 3 |
The one who pleases God is greatly loved The memory of the wicked will perish 31420 | 47 |
What did pride avail?All passed like a fleeing rumorBut the just live forever 5123 | 71 |
Honor Wisdom you princes that you may reign eternally 6125 | 79 |
Solomon at prayer I sought Wisdom for counsel and comfort 71918 | 89 |
Wisdom delivers the just from among the wicked 10121 | 113 |
Exodus and You love all and loath nothing of what You have made 1111227 | 117 |
Nature worship and idolatry no vision nor ears to hear nor fingers for feeling 1311519 | 145 |
A plague of storms for the idolatrous a rain of manna for the faithful 16129 | 177 |
Darkness afflicts Egypt but a flaming pillar guides on the unknown way 171184 | 183 |
Términos y frases comunes
accused amid ancient awful believers blessed bring called chapter Christ Christian claim close comes created creation crime culture daring dark dead death divine dwell earth Egyptians enemy enter exists Exodus face faithful fall favor follow friends further gift give given glory God's gods Greek hand hear heart Hebrew hold holy honor hope human idols ignorance implied instruction intent Isaiah Jesus Jews John judges judgment justice kind king land light living look matter means memory mind moral Moses never offered once ourselves Paul perhaps prayer present prophets punishment question raised recall royal scene seen sense Solomon Sophia soul speak Spirit stand story summoned sure things thinks thought told true truth turned urges verses waters wicked Wisdom wise wonder
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Página xvii - I had better state them openly. I take literally the statement in the Gospel of John that God loves the world. I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love. I believe that divine love, incarnate and indwelling in the world, summons the world always toward wholeness, which ultimately is reconciliation and atonement with God. I believe...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Wisdom: The Feminine Face of God G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Autor | Daniel Berrigan |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Rowman & Littlefield, 2001 |
| ISBN | 1580511007, 9781580511001 |
| N.º de páginas | 197 páginas |
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