Anchored Bible Conference: The Quest for Wisdom and Co-Reigning with Christ

Catholic Bible Study

Augustine Institute

Arts, Books

4.7 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this enlightening episode, Dr. Mark Giszczak, Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture at the Augustine Institute, shares his profound insights on the quest for wisdom as depicted in the Bible. Dr. Giszczak explores the intricate connections between wisdom and kingship, highlighting how the desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom, drawing from his expertise in Old Testament wisdom literature. Using the Wisdom of Solomon as a focal point, he explains the significance of wisdom in both ancient and contemporary contexts, illustrating how wisdom is the ultimate intellectual virtue that guides us toward true power and glory. Join us to understand how seeking wisdom aligns us with Christ, enabling us to share in His reign and divine authority.

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0:00.0	My name's Dr. Mark Geesechek.
0:03.0	I'm associate professor of sacred scripture here at the Augustine Institute, and I'm really excited
0:07.0	to be with you today and share with you about some of the topics in sacred scripture
0:13.0	that I'm passionate about.
0:14.0	But first, I wanted to show you my beautiful brand new Bible.
0:17.0	I chose the black leather one, and I just think it looks absolutely gorgeous with
0:21.4	the gold pages and the beautiful ribbons, but some people like the hardcover even better.
0:28.6	So anyway, I'm really proud of these Bibles. I was on the committee that helped design them
0:32.5	and I'm just so excited to be able to share the ESV Catholic edition with you. So I hope
0:37.4	that you enjoy, you know,
0:38.9	one of them, paperback, hardback, leather, and hopefully we'll have many more additions coming out
0:43.4	in the future. So anyway, today I want to talk about a topic that is really near and dear to my
0:51.3	heart as a scholar of the Old Testament and particularly as
0:55.6	a scholar of wisdom literature.
0:58.0	I wrote my dissertation on the Song of Songs, and right now I'm deep in a study of the
1:04.1	book of wisdom working on a commentary on this relatively rarely read Old Testament book,
1:11.6	The Wisdom of Solomon.
1:13.6	So the title of my talk is the quest for wisdom
1:18.6	and co-reigning with Christ.
1:21.6	So sometimes I don't think we necessarily put together
1:24.6	the pieces that the Bible has before us, right, that
1:28.1	the quest for wisdom and the quest for kingship in scripture are seen together.
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