A presentation of Jesus material in the form of more or less disconnected sayings (as in the so-called Q Source, composed of independent sayings, behind Matthew and Luke, and in the Gospel of Thomas; see below The two- and four-source hypotheses) tends to fit a Christology in which Jesus is viewed as a teacher of Wisdom, an envoy of Wisdom, or as Wisdom herself.
But I claim that he is a great teacher of wisdom.
Impressed by his old teacher's wisdom, White agreed to revise the manual for readers of his own time.
A new book, "Draw It With Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment," published by Paper Monument, is a collection of art teacher folk wisdom — the best classroom assignments that the contributors, most of them artists or art teachers, have given or received or even heard of.
To his patients, he was an extraordinary healer and restorer of sight; to his students, he was a teacher with wisdom, wit and warmth; and to his colleagues, he was a master of original and innovative thinking -a leader who helped shape the specialty of retinal diseases.
In Florence Marsilio Ficino (1433 99) identified Plato as the primary ancient teacher of wisdom, and (like Bonaventure) cited Augustine as his guide in elevating Plato in this way.
Confucius also figures prominently as the subject of anecdotes and the teacher of wisdom in the writings of Xunzi, a third century follower of Confucius' teachings.
One of the compelling forms of Shiva represents him as Dakshinamurti, the teacher of wisdom.
The Goddess in the Devi-Bhagavata becomes less of a warrior goddess, and more a nurturer and comforter of her devotees, and a teacher of wisdom.
Its pre-eminent sacred text is the Veda (knowledge) The Veda describes the fundamental human problem as ignorance (avidyā), and it values in a special way the teacher of wisdom (guru).
