Wisdom

Although the term “Mentor” dates back to ….., mentoring in the field of education is a relatively new concept that has only gained in popularity since the late 1980’s ( Campbell & Campbell, 2007, p. 526). An attempt was made in 1988 to identify the roles and functions of mentoring in education and how undergraduate students perceive the mentoring experience. As the concept evolved and gained more acceptance more research studies attempted to conceptualize mentoring for both undergraduate and…

Proverbs September 15, 2015 The Fear of the Lord According to Proverbs 1:7 it says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Webster defines wisdom as accumulated philosophic or scientific learning; as in knowledge, judgment, and insight. In Proverbs the wisdom that is discussed there is the wisdom that only comes from God. There are different kinds of fear, and as Christians, we should fear God with a particular kind of fear. We should…

Early on in Republic, it is clear that Socrates cares deeply about the idea of justice. However, he and his company cannot seem to agree on a proper definition of the word. They do, however, agree on various examples of what is not just. One such example is Socrates’ statement that “human beings who have been harmed necessarily become more unjust.” However, this statement implies that the only way to be just is to do what is best for society as a whole, rather than accounting for each…

Zlata and Lydia are 2 survivors that are very much alike and different in many ways. They both had to do what was necessary to survive during wars. Zlata and Lydia both did not know if they were going to live or die because at any moment Zlata could have been bombed and Lydia could have been put in a gas chamber. They also both had to get food somehow for instance Zlata had to go out and get food being careful with what she did because at any moment she could be shot and Lydia had to sneak in…

Hebrew wisdom. Furthermore, it helps explain the teaching of wisdom in regards to marriage, family, relationships and many other things. It says, in The Essence of the OldTestament: A Survey, (2012), that “it is important to remember that the consistent thematic emphasis throughout the book of Proverbs is the praise of wisdom in all of its manifestations” (Hindson & Yates, 2012). Now, it is important to note that the book of Proverbs really elaborates on the fact that the key to wisdom and…

Ecclesiastes is often thought of as “the book that says everything is pointless”. This is true, to some extent. The book covers almost all other the reasons people have found for living and explains, in detail, why it is not worth pursuing. Everything is a cycle and if you follow it you will only end up doing the same thing over and over again with no real sense of happiness or purpose. The one exception to this and the one thing that can give meaning and happiness to everything else is God and…

Socrates sought truth and pure wisdom. He detested bodily ornaments and societal success and was not concerned with material things. He shared the wisdom that he had acquired by trusting only his soul. He defended the idea of only being able to access the purest form of wisdom after death, yet lived his life in a constant search for it. Socrates believed that things such as truth and wisdom could only be obtained with the soul, and therefore reasoned that while they were alive they must be in a…

In our contemporary society, we believe there is no difference between knowledge and wisdom; we use both terms interchangeably to mean the process of acquiring intelligence. However, in the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, we are exposed to a distinction between the two concepts; there exists a subtle yet critical difference between their true intentions. Siddhartha’s own life demonstrates wisdom more than knowledge as his life supersedes pursuing “facts” through a contrast with Govinda’s life…

Introduction As I had the opportunity to look through approximately 25 years of journal articles cited in Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, an article stood out to me that I wanted to read further. That article was entitled Wisdom and/or Dementia: Is This the Choice American Society is Mired In? I have been working in Aging and Disability Services at Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet for the past 7 months and have encountered my fair share of seniors with a variety of aging…

Words were exchanged by the foreign nations to come to seek Yahweh. c. They come seeking training in how to live lives pleasing to the God of Jacob. The metaphors of Yahweh's “ways” and “paths” also appear in Psalms (e.g., 25:4, 9-10; 27:11) and in wisdom literature (e.g., Job 19:8; Prov 1:15) to convey human lifestyles in proper relationship to Yahweh. d. Tora and the word of Yahweh (just as it came to the prophets, (e.g. Joel 1:1) will be from Zion because of Yahweh's presence there.…