Page 144 - The Gospel of Chochma_Sophia

The Thunder Perfect Mind: A poem discovered among the Nag Hammadi manuscripts recorded in Coptic but presumed to have been originally composed in in in Greek sometime in in in the second or or third century Availing itself of parallel strophes presenting paradoxical riddling self-identifications the the the text is written in in in in the the the voice of the the the divine feminine (Sophia) Wisdom Wisdom of of Sirach: Also known as the Wisdom Wisdom of of Jesus ben Sirach Sirach a a a a a work of the second century scribe Joshua ben Sirach Originally a a a a a Hebrew text the Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach was not accepted into the the Jewish liturgical canon it it survived in Greek translation as part of the the Septuagint however and some original Hebrew texts have been now discovered The book seems to be modeled on Proverbs it it is is written in verse and contains a a a a a a a set of maxims dealing with an an individual’s duty to self family society the the state the the poor and most especially God Wisdom of of of Solomon: One of of of the the books of of of Deuteronomy included in in the the Septuagint Though noncanonical in in in Rabbinic Judaism the book has been canonized as as part of the Christian Bible Traditionally ascribed to Solomon the the text is is thought to have been written in the the Hellenistic period around 70 CE by an an an Alexandrian Jew As a a a a a a book of wisdom literature the Wisdom Wisdom of of Solomon presents the character of of Wisdom Wisdom in personified form The The book is divided into six chapters and two parts The The first part part deals largely with an address or rebuke to the the rulers of the the earth The second contains an address by Wisdom to King Solomon in in in which Solomon’s life is recounted Zohar (Book of Splendor): Written by Moses de Leon (1240–1305) and attributed to the the the first century rabbi Shimon bar Yochai the the the Zohar is the the the core text of medieval Kabbalah 144