John 1:1-2

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 24 11:45:57 EST 1999


At 8:10 AM -0800 3/24/99, George Blaisdell wrote:
>Nor do I wish to come up way short regarding the profound fecundity of
>meaning of this passage by making it facilely glossed.

I can never see the word "fecundity" without thinking of the great white
sow of Vergil's Aeneid 7 with her forty suckling pigs.

>Now, my friend, I am ignorant of the term 'antiphonal' [hymn]...  Could
>you help me out??

"Antiphonal" (one occasionally finds "amoebaean" for this) refers to a hymn
in parts that are chanted back and forth by two (or more) choruses. Think
of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (-i?).

Carl W. Conrad
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