There are two separate items to be discussed on this panel. The first is the scripture, which is Proverbs 3:17-18. These verses are talking about Wisdom, personified as a woman. It is common for wisdom to be treated as such. Proverbs 8 is an entire chapter where Wisdom speaks to men, and is introduced in the first three verses as being female.
As I was searching for information about Heavenly Mother, I stumbled on several articles who thought that Wisdom might be Heavenly Mother speaking to us. I liked the idea, and decided to put my favorite of the wisdom scriptures on a panel.
The quote from Daniel C. Peterson ("She is the tree.") comes from an article that was published by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies in 2000 titled Nephi and his Asherah. In this article he discusses the possibility that Nephi recognized the tree of life as Asherah, the ancient goddess wife of El.
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