Wisdom Has Built Her House: Studies on the Figure of Sophia in the Bible

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Summary: Profound and fascinating ideas and images
Review: Here is a book of profound and fascinating ideas and images. Amazon has excerpted a long quote above, which is a good indication of the depth of the book, for instance, the reference to "Ancient Near Eastern dove symbolism in the New Testament's accounts of Jesus' baptism at the Jordan." Immediately, one thinks also of the image of Mary in Anunciation scenes reading a book, when she is touched by the Dove. If you know scripture, all sorts of wonderful new insights like this get sparked by comments on every page!

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Summary: Check it out from the Library, but don't buy it.
Review: I checked this book out from the Library, and I just finished it today. I found this book hard to stick with and a couple times I just wanted to stop reading it all together. The author reapeated herself many time and kept noting that the view of Sophia was influnced by Egpytian Goddesses. But I did learn a little, so I guess it was worth my time.