
...the problem of female Wisdom was solved by the thinkers in Judaism at the end of the biblical period. The problem centered around two issues. Not only was Wisdom female but she appeared to be separate from God, and this challenged the monotheism that was so important in the religion. By making the Books of the Law most holy, in which all Wisdom was to be found, the solution seemed to have been found. Enoch's book described how the Lady Wisdom retired to heaven, and the seeker after her followed her and came back to earth with a written text of commands, punishments and rewards. These became the Torah and replaced the earlier universal nature-centered Wisdom. (ch. 9, "The Mother of God, God the Mother and the Shekinah," from Asphodel P. Long's In a Chariot Drawn by Lions)
Hochma, digital collage © 2005 Sage Starwalker
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