tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post5634500038075643737..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: Lovers of WisdomThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-84479047668843334552017-03-06T15:18:17.647-06:002017-03-06T15:18:17.647-06:00I have not heard of Barker's research before, ...I have not heard of Barker's research before, but what little of it I can read online looks fascinating. Perhaps I will take a deeper look after Lent!J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04821093432726247774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-61437815194868164452017-03-06T14:04:40.610-06:002017-03-06T14:04:40.610-06:00J., I wish you great success with your Lenten ende...J., I wish you great success with your Lenten endeavor! Have you by chance read any of the books by Margaret Barker on "the Second God of Israel"? There is some interesting material on Wisdom as the Mother of this "second God," e.g. how her maternity is symbolized by the "tree" of the seven-branched candlestick in the Temple, which in turn represents the "bush" (or tree) that burned but was not consumed--itself also a type of the divine maternity. Anyhow, maybe you would find it interesting. She draws on ancient Jewish rabbinical sources and apocrypha.Capreolushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329413913112615954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-50293900556235411012017-03-02T14:32:56.309-06:002017-03-02T14:32:56.309-06:00There is also a description, where is it? Of the T...There is also a description, where is it? Of the Temple of Solomon - her face in the middle (Theotokos) on each side birds (the 2 Archangels). Where is it? It describes a Christian Altar. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09224676979690855135noreply@blogger.com