Moreover what's all this about angels anyway? John 1 says that the Logos
created all things - in fact nothing was made that has been made without
him. Therefore angelic beings must come in at John 1:3 where the verb
changes to GINESQAI. The Job reading is irrelevant.
There is no need to give a temporal distinction to EIMI in John 1:1-2.
John is referring to a pre-creation, pre-BRSHT period (time-speak again!)
and therefore uses a-temporal EIMI and then when he turns to look at Gen
1.1 and the creation of all things he turns to GINESQAI for the temporal
connection. John 1:1-2 provide details about states of being (EINAI), John
1:3ff provides the dynamic of things coming-to-be (GINESQAI).
Pete Phillips,
Cliff College, Sheffield, England
p.m.phillips@cliff.shef.ac.uk
http://champness.shef.ac.uk/