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Volume 5, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2294-9321
  • E-ISSN: 2507-0339

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Abstract

‘Lady Wisdom’ as it is sometimes referred to, is a key figure of the evolution of biblical wisdom. It is however as complex to define as biblical wisdom itself. The complexity of such a personification will be revisited in this article, using Greek - so-to-say Western - sources, while biblical research has traditionally studied the Egyptian and Mesopotamian - so-to-say Eastern - ones. The question of the personification of wisdom in today’s research is dealt with in the first part while the analysis of the biblical corpus is limited to the first collection of the Book of Proverbs (1-9). The second part is devoted to the Greek representation of wisdom. The third part is based on the most stimulating fields of comparison, the Platonic tension between wisdom and folly, reason and revelation, or acquisition and gift, and at last maieutics or the art of entering into dialogue, and that of a possible influence of Greek sources on the Bible.

Abstract

« Dame Sagesse » telle qu’on l’appelle parfois est une figure clé de l’évolution de la sagesse biblique. Elle est cependant aussi complexe à définir que la sagesse elle-même. Cette complexité est ici revisitée à la lumière des sources grecques alors que la recherche biblique s’est traditionnellement tournée vers les sources égyptiennes ou mésopotamiennes. On s’intéressera d’abord à la question de la personnification de la sagesse dans la première collection du livre des Proverbes (1-9) avant de se tourner ensuite vers les différentes représentations grecques de la sagesse. Enfin, on présentera une analyse comparative et les arguments d’une influence platonique sur le texte biblique, à savoir la tension entre sagesse et folie, raison et révélation, ou encore acquisition et don, enfin la clé de la maïeutique ou l’art d’entrer en dialogue.

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2017-01-01
2025-12-05

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