Jesus and Wisdom in the Synoptic Gospels with a Special Review of Gospel References to the Old Testament Wisdom

Rad se najprije bavi uporabom imenice ... u sinoptičkim evanđeljima te pokazuje da se u Markovu evanđelju pojavljuje jedanput, u Matejevu triput, a u Lukinu čak šest puta. Naravno da samo pojavljivanje imenice ... ne ukazuje na utjecaj starozavjetne mudrosne književnosti, no ti statistički pokazatelji ostaju uvod za dublje proučavanje mudrosnih mjesta u pojedinim evanđeljima. Stoga je u prvom dijelu ovog rada posebna pozornost posvećena upravo onim mjestima u kojima se pojavljuje imenica ... te se vidi da Marko ne pokazuje veće zanimanje za tu imenicu i njezin semantički krug, da Luka govori o Isusu kao o učitelju i posredniku mudrosti, a samo se kod Mateja već na toj razini uviđa poistovjećivanje Isusa s Mudrošću. U drugom dijelu rada ispitani su tekstovi sinoptičkih evanđelja u kojima se mogu prepoznati aluzije na mudrosnu književnost Starog zavjeta ili implicitni citati te književnosti. Došlo se do sličnih zaključaka: Marko nije zainteresiran za ideju mudrosti, Luka i ovdje stavlja naglasak na Isusovu posredničku ulogu u odnosu na mudrost, a Matej poistovjećuje Isusa s poosobljenom Mudrošću.The article is primarily dealing with the usage of the noun in the synoptic gospels and shows that the noun appears once in Mark\u27s Gospel, three times in Matthew\u27s Gospel, and six times in Luke\u27s Gospel. Of course, the very appearance of the noun does not by itself point to the influence of Old Testament sapiential literature, but the aforementioned statistical indications remain as an introduction to a deeper study of sapiential places in individual gospels. Thus, the first part of the article focuses on those places at which the noun appears and demonstrate that Mark does not show much interest in the noun and its semantic circle, that Luke speaks about Jesus as a teacher and mediator of wisdom, and that only Matthew realizes, already on this level, the identification of Jesus with Wisdom. In the second part of the article, the author studies those texts of synoptic gospels that contain allusions to sapiential literature of the Old Testament or implicit quotations of that literature. Similar conclusions follow: Mark is not interested in the idea of wisdom, Luke emphasizes Jesus\u27s mediating role in relation to wisdom here as well, and Matthew identifies Jesus with personified Wisdom