logos (was Re: Genesis 1:1 - a standing miracle)

From: George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com>
Date: Thu Jul 22 2004 - 19:33:26 EDT

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From: "Michael Roberts" <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>
To: "Gary Collins" <gwcollins@algol.co.uk>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Genesis 1:1 - a standing miracle

> But then is the LOGOS of John borrowed from the Greeks.

Do you mean this as a question? If so, I think the answer is that
hellenistic philosophy isn't the main source of the Johannine Logos. The
"Word of YHWH" in the OT & the memra ("utterance") of the targums were
probably the primary influence. Cf. Brown's Jon commentary in the Anchor
Bible.

 Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Thu Jul 22 19:55:59 2004

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