Wisdom/Hokhmah/Sophia:
Feminine Images of the Divine in Second Temple Judaism



THE WOMEN OF THE BOOK OF JOB:
THE INHERITANCE OF JOB'S DAUGHTERS

Job 42:12-15
And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first (daughter) Jemi'mah; and the name of the second Kezi'ah; and the name of the third Ker'en-hap'puch. And in all the land there were no women so fair as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

Testament of Job 46-48
And they brought forth (Job's) estate for distribution among the seven male progeny only. For he did not present any of the goods to his female progeny. They were grieved and said to their father: "Our father, sire, are we not also your children?"... But Job said to the females: "Do not be troubled, my daughters... I have already designated for you an inheritance better than that of your seven brothers!"

Then when he called his daughter Hemera, he said to her: "Take the signet ring, go to the vault, and bring the three golden boxes, so that I may give you your inheritance... He brought our three multicolored cords, whose appearance was such that no man could describe them, since they were not from the earth but from heaven, shimmering with fiery sparks like the rays of the sun. And he gave each (of his daughters) a cord, saying "Place these above your breast..."

When the one called Hemera arose, she wrapped around her own string just as her father said. And she took on another heart, no longer minded towards earthly things. She spoke ecstatically in the angelic dialect, sending up a hymn to God with the hymnic style of the angels...

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