I've been reading the next article on the syllabus, "The Perspective of Wisdom", and came upon a reference to Proverbs. In the scripture, Wisdom is personified in feminine form. What interests me, is that she has her own voice. In it, she claims to have been the first creation of the Lord himself, as well as "his darling and delight" as he finished the rest of his labors.
The article goes on to discuss whether this appearance is a "personification" or "hypostatization". The definition of the second term sounds kind of like the shekinah of Jewish Kabbalah. The term originally referred to the "visible manifestation of the Divine Majesty" according to the OED, but in the tradition of some Jewish mystics it has come to be understood as the feminine aspect of divinity.
Interesting stuff.
