Abstract
Recent interest in Trinitarian theology has given rise to consideration of the act of creation as a Trinitarian act. Focus on the Father and the Son in the act of creation is abundantly attested in this scholarship. However, consideration of the place of the Spirit in the creative act is somewhat underdeveloped. Th is article delves more deeply into the Spirit’s role in creation by looking at wisdom and spirit language in the deuterocanonical Wisdom of Solomon. In the early chapters of the book, wisdom is characterized as a kindly spirit that brings life and penetrates all things, human and other-than-human, bringing into being all things and sustaining all things. Wisdom of Solomon is often mined as a background source for New Testament depictions of Christ, both in his creative and salvific roles. Th is article will argue that Wisdom of Solomon, through the convergence of wisdom and spirit language, provides a significant background source for reading the creative work of the Holy Spirit in terms frequently employed in viewing the creative work of Christ. This similarity of depiction in creation further confirms that the act of creation is indeed a Trinitarian act.
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Lamp, Jeffrey
(2017)
"Wisdom Pneumatology and the Creative Spirit: The Book of Wisdom and the Trinitarian Act of Creation,"
Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology: Vol. 2:
No.
2, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31380/2573-6345.1028