John 1:1-2

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Mar 9 20:12:01 EST 1999


At 7:20 PM -0500 3/9/99, RHutchin at aol.com wrote:
>Would there be a strategic purpose for a writer to construct John 1:1-2 to
>read--
>
>....hO LOGOS KAI hO LOGOS.....QEON KAI QEOS.....hO LOGOS hOUTOS...

There's a literature on it; it's been called a staircase pattern. Consult
the commentaries, Raymond Brown especially.

Carl W. Conrad
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