WISDOM AND MERCY AS FEMININE - December 2021

Feb 1

Wisdom and Mercy - feminine traits from the beginning - can trace these traits to Eve in the Garden and most definitely to our Heavenly Mother

Zion as feminine - easier to be of one heart and one mind

Proverbs 1-8 written in the feminine form - Lady Wisdom - Eve/Heavenly Mother

Lots of opportunities to bring up examples of women leaders as we study the Old Testament next year

When speaking or writing about Priesthood, remove the word "the" before "priesthood" (unless structurally necessary) - this minimizes the gender connotation

The word "transgression" as it relates to Eve —was it a transgression or a choice? How do we define transgression?

President Oaks in his Mesa temple dedicatory talk said we leave the temple with His authority "all who come here receive His authority"

Two witnesses - President Oaks and President Ballard (telling us that priesthood authority for women does not come just through callings)

President Oaks in his dedicatory talk said we leave the temple with His authority "all who come here receive His authority"

President Ballard: 2015 BYU Women's Conference

"Like faithful sisters in the past, you need to learn how to use the priesthood authority with which you have been endowed to obtain every eternal blessing that will be yours."

One way we use priesthood power and authority is in our homes with our families

Dr. Cory Crawford

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5406/dialjmormthou.48.2.0001.pdf

Kate Holbrook

https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/woman-wisdom-bible

Newsom, Carol A. “Woman and the Discourse of Patriarchal Wisdom; A Study of Proverbs 1–9.” In Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel

https://books.google.com/books?id=7D_7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA352&lpg=PA352&dq=Newsom,+Carol+A.+%E2%80%9CWoman+and+the+Discourse+of+Patriarchal+Wisdom;+A+Study+of+Proverbs+1%E2%80%939.%E2%80%9D+In+Gender+and+Difference+in+Ancient+Israel,+edited+by+Peggy+L.+Day,+43%E2%80%9357.+Minneapolis:+1989.&source=bl&ots=XoXYX0K3FX&sig=ACfU3U1d1EajXb5E5w5bDmbMM8-V-fCgXQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYrIeJ0OHyAhUK6J4KHWG9Cw0Q6AF6BAgiEAM#v=onepage&q=Newsom%2C%20Carol%20A.%20%E2%80%9CWoman%20and%20the%20Discourse%20of%20Patriarchal%20Wisdom%3B%20A%20Study%20of%20Proverbs%201%E2%80%939.%E2%80%9D%20In%20Gender%20and%20Difference%20in%20Ancient%20Israel%2C%20edited%20by%20Peggy%20L.%20Day%2C%2043%E2%80%9357.%20Minneapolis%3A%201989.&f=false

Women and Priesthood

https://latterdaysaintsqa.com/women-and-the-priesthood/

Lady Wisdom – A divine feminine entity ignored in Christianity

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/lady-wisdom-a-divine-feminine-entity-ignored-in-christianity/

"Women Wielding Priesthood Power: How Women of the Old Testament Teach the Women of the Present Day," Grace Miller