Re: Jhn. 1:1 discussion

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• Subject: Re: Jhn. 1:1 discussion
• From: Stephen Carlson <scc@reston.icl.com>
• Date: Sat, 3 Dec 94 14:47:42 EST
• In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941202134649.7722B-100000@chuma>; from "Gregory Jordan" at Dec 2, 94 1:57 pm
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Gregory Jordan wrote:
> It has since occurred to me that maybe Jesus is not alluding to this 
> passage at all.  He says, "prin Abraam genesthai" (John 8:58), yet Moses 
> lived long after Abraham, and the Burning Bush episode was after Abraham, 
> not before him.

What about something like Psalm 90 [89]:2,

   PRO TOU ORH GENHQHNAI ... SU EI.
   Before the mountains were born ... thou art.

Note the similar use of the tenses.

Stephen Carlson
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