RE: Translation for O LOGOS (John 1)?

Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 15:31:47 -0400 (EDT)

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At 02:08 PM 10/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Noel,
>
>I actually thought about this quite a lot before composing this simple post,
>but I'll spare you my thought processes. My recommendation for a general
>purpose translation of the "Logos" of Jn 1 is "Soul".

This translation is absolutely impossible on philological, etymological,
theological, and socio-liguistic grounds. A more inappropraite term could
not be found.

>
>Will Wagers taxis@gte.net "Reality is the best metaphor."

Jim

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