I enjoy how Rivera connects Sophia with the identity of her people, los atravesados–”‘the crossed’ [who are] [n]ot from here; not from there” (Sugirtharajah, 238). I also truly enjoyed Rivera’s insight of Sophia being ideal and countering with the foreign or strange woman, the “other” as colonialistic (Ibid., 240).
On the other hand, I feel that many times Rivera switches Sophia to something she—Sophia—is not. For instance, Rivera replaces “the Word” with Sophia in John 1:1. Strong’s Concordance is very clear that in John 1:1-18 “the Word” is referring to the Son of God (James Strong, Grk. 152: #3056).
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