The Wisdom of Divinity/ theology (חָוכְמַת הָאֱלוֹהוּת)
The Wisdom of Divinity/ theology (חָוכְמַת הָאֱלוֹהוּת)

The Wisdom of Divinity/ theology

The wisdom of attempting to learn the ways of God's revelation in the created worlds (according to tradition, God Himself does not give knowledge). The wisdom of Kabbalah.

("There was not before you - even Moses our great man in the wisdom of nature was not like him; but in the wisdom of God was there a wise man greater than he or his interpreter; there was not before him among the kings" - Radak, 1 Kings 3:12)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָוכְמַת הָאֱלוֹהוּת

Definition (Hebrew)

חָוכְמָה הַמְּנַסָּה לִלְמֹד אֶת דַּרְכֵי הִתְגַּלּוּת ה' בְּעוֹלָמוֹת שֶׁנִּבְרְאוּ (ע"פ הַמָּסֹרֶת אֶת ה' עַצְמוֹ לֹא לִתֵּן לָדַעַת). חָכְמַת הַקַּבָּלָה.

("לֹא הָיָה לְפָנֶיךָ- אֲפִלּוּ מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ בְּחָכְמַת הַטֶּבַע לֹא הָיָה כָּמוֹהוּ אֲבָל בְּחָכְמַת הָאֱלֹהוּת הָיָה חָכָם יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ אוֹ פֵּרוּשׁוֹ לֹא הָיָה לְפָנָיו בִּמְלָכִים"- רָדָ"ק מְלָכִים א ג יב)

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