Main Answer
Wisdom in Proverbs 8 is first a poetic personification. She speaks as a woman who calls people away from folly and towards life.
The poem places Wisdom beside God before and during creation. This gives her invitation authority within the moral order of the world.
Taken together, the study concerns poetic personification and the New Testament revelation of Christ. It calls for careful reading that preserves the genre and the complete situation.
Readers who want to study the complete collection can continue with Wisdom and Worship: Job to Song of Solomon Explained.
The Extra Study examines Proverbs 8:1 to 36 and develops poetic personification and the New Testament revelation of Christ.
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