“Who has
Gone up into heaven?
Who has
Taken her?
Who has
Brought her down
From the clouds?
Who has
Gone over the sea?
Who has
Found her?
Who will buy her
For pure gold?
No one knows
The way to her.
No one is concerned
About the path to her.”
Next Baruch asked a series of questions about wisdom. Who has ever gone up to heaven and took wisdom away? Who has brought her down from the clouds? Who has gone over the seas and then found her? Who was able to buy wisdom with pure gold? The answer, of course, is no one. No one knows the way to wisdom. In fact, most people are not concerned about the paths to wisdom. There is no broad highway to wisdom.