The ancient Greeks viewed their goddess Athena (Minerva to the Romans) as a fount of wisdom, So did the Hebrews write of wisdom as a woman in Proverbs 8. For the Greeks as well as the Hebrews, wisdom was vital to good living, the creation of God. Wisdom, they both believed, is for this reason embedded in the fabric of the universe.
And this is the point. Wisdom is calling, multiple Hebrew proverbs say, calling to you, calling to me, calling us to follow her, to follow her as a way of life. It is everywhere.
As Greek and Hebrew alike understood, however, such wisdom would not be unless there is God. Wisdom can only be in a personal universe, and a personal universe can only be if there is a personal God.
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