Pronouns in John 1:1 and 1 John 1:1-4

From: KJohn36574@aol.com
Date: Fri Dec 24 1999 - 13:49:45 EST


Carl,

I appreciate your "synthesis" however, I presented a synthesis too. I not
only discussed Jewish origins of John's Logos, but quoted Blackwelder's
definition which is part of the essential Grecian meaning, at least it is in
my lexicons.

Where my new insight rest is not just on the word Logos but on the context of
the previous phrase "en archee", which is a Hebrew "In the Beginning" , not a
Greek one. While John may have written his Gospel in Greek, his concept
reflects a Hebraic origin. Based upon the assumption that John's concept of
en archee is Jewish, his thoughts about the beginning and creation will be
completely foreign to Greek cosmology and, as a result, strike at the very
core of the Gnostic heresies that he was probably battling at Ephesus in the
late first century A.D.

Greek Concept Hebrew Concept
beginning as a decline beginning as an ascent
Pessimistic/accidental Optimistic/purposeful
Matter eternal Matter had a beginning
Creation/gods side by side Creator over creation

Claude Tresmontant, "A Study of Hebrew Thought" tr. by Michael Francis Gibson
(New York Descies Company, 1960), pp. 4-5.

Hope I wasn't too theological, but I think my viewpoint wasn't presented
accurately or possibly not understood. I possibly did not state it clearly
enough.

Ken Johnson
Elk Grove, CA
KJohn36574@aol.com

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