theos and ho theos'

Melinda Vienneau tremaine at exploremaine.com
Wed Feb 28 12:59:41 EST 2001


John L. McKenzie, S.J., in his Dictionary of the Bible, says:  "Jn 1:1
should rigorously be translated 'the word was with the God[= the Father],
and the word was a divine being.'" (Brackets are his. Published with nihil
obstat and imprimatur.) (New York, 1965), p. 317

In harmony with the above, AT reads: "the Word was divine"; MO, "the Logos
was divine".  NTIV, "the word was a god."

Melinda Vienneau

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