[B-Greek] MONOGENHS in the fourth gospel

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Tue Sep 28 08:01:32 EDT 2010


On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Leonard Jayawardena

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> And that is why I said that QEOS in MONOGENHS QEOS is a
> "common noun."
>
> In John 10:30, Jesus quotes Psalm 82:6, where the judges of Israel are
> called QEOI (cf. Exodus 21:6, where judges who acted in God's name are
> called "God," Heb. elohim). This shows the possibility of humans
> being "gods" or "God" without their being literally God.
>
> Leonard Jayawardena
>

Hi Leonard,

I'm getting a little confused. The word 'God/god' is a common noun,
isn't it? We use it as the title and as a referent.  If it is not a
common noun, what would it be?

Oun Kwon.



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