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787, You're stuck between a rock and a hard place...
Posted by guest, Fri May-28-04 02:48 AM
>>You think Solomon was so terribly sloppy to go hopping
>>around in gender for no apparent reason?
>
>Response: Yeah I think you are simply reading into the text,
>because Wisdom is desribed as a she the entire 9 chapters,
>unless you want to say that she all of a suddened changed.
>
>AMON is obviously
>>used for a reason. CHOKMAH is simply refered to as a female
>>because of gramamtical reasons, but OBVIOUSLY, Solomon saw a
>>chance to insert the masculine here and took it. You are in
>>such denial at this point that it is just sad.
>
>Response: Chokmah is refered to as a she because wisdom is
>being *personified* hello, knock, knock.
>
>Not for grammatical reasons alone. But hey your idea almost
>worked. :)

Since you clearly don't understand basic translation concepts, I'm going to make this really simple. Why is wisdom called a she?

-Tony