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Abstract:

The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Bahá'u'lláh can be equated as one and the same eternal reality; the divine image of wisdom in Proverbs; Sophia and Logos are combined in the feminine personification of the Most Great Spirit.

Notes:

See also Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism (Sours, 1992).

The Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos:

Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature

Michael W. Sours

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies
4:1, pp. 47-65

Ottawa, ON: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1991

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The Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos:

Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature

Michael W. Sours

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies4:1, pp. 47-65

Ottawa, ON: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1991

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies
4:1, pp. 47-65