Divine Sophia
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The Divine Sophia is the revelation of God's inward thought. She is assigned the formation and ordering of the natural universe and the communication of knowledge to mankind. She dwells beside God before the Creation of the world.
When
- First attested
- 100 BCE
- Attested period
- -100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in Proverbs 8.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Archons
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Jewish Alexandrine religious philosophy was much occupied with the concept of the Divine Sophia, as the revelation of God's inward thought, and assigned to her not only the formation and ordering of the natural universe”
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