LOGOS

George Goolde goolde at mtnempire.net
Wed Feb 23 17:14:26 EST 2000


Jason suggested:

>«In the beginning was the LOGOS, and the LOGOS was with God, and the LOGOS
>was God.»
>
>You think?  This would lead people to ask, “What is this ‘LOGOS’?”  Then it
>could be understood that the writer meant something deeper than “word.”

I hear the approaching hoofbeats of Wayne Leman riding up to declare that 
this is not a good English translation because Logos is not a commonly 
understood English word.  I do understand, and agree, with that.

If it were decided, however, that LOGOS carries implicit information which 
is philosophical as well as linguistic, the use of transliteration 
**could** signal a technical term that bears intentional connotation which 
lies outside the culture of American (or British) English.

Would such a "translation" then be justified?

Pardon the cross-posting.  I deem this to be appropriate for the Bible 
Translation, as well as the b-greek, list

George


George A. Goolde
Professor, Bible and Theology
Southern California Bible College & Seminary
El Cajon, California

goolde at mtnempire.net



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