Peter,
I am not about to dive into this thread. However, your last sentence raises a
question that I have been pondering for some time. Have you done a lot of
thinking about polysemy in Johannine literature? I am not just talking about
polysemy at the lexical level, but also polysemy at higher levels of
discourse. I have been pondering the prophecy of John the Baptist in John
1:29 from the stand point of polysemy for a number of years. Now I am
wondering if polysemy is considered to be an aspect of Johannine style in
general.
Any comments on this?
Clay Bartholomew
Three Tree Point