[B-Greek] Jn 1:1 - Alternate Reading?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Oct 4 19:54:08 EDT 2006


On Oct 4, 2006, at 7:08 PM, Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/4/2006 3:12:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
> mike.murphy at pb.com writes:
>
>
>> The word "theos" is translated  as  "godly"  in  the  King  James
>> Version  at least 5 times, (1 Tim 1:4, 2 Cor 1:12, 7:9, 7:11, and
>> 11:2). The possible alternate reading would be, "In beginning was
>> the  Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was godly. The
>> same was in the beginning with God."
>
> Howdy Mike,
>
> To me, "theos" with a small "t" means god as in false gods, Satan,  
> the god of
> this earth.  I believe "theos" used as "godly" is inappropriate and
> incorrect.  It also would be out of context with OT Theophanies.

But there was no upper-case or lower-case Theta involved in the
composition of the GNT texts.


Carl W. Conrad
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