From: Stephen Carlson (scc@reston.icl.com)
Date: Mon Jan 22 1996 - 11:56:07 EST
Wes C. Williams wrote:
> However, there are two examples in John's writings where he uses theos that
> parallels the construction in John 1:1 (as you request, I'll avoid that for
> now). [Jn8:54 10:34 examples and analysis deleted]
Thank you very much for your response. I asked the question because
I'm preparing an article for B-GREEK on a Bayesian analysis of John 1:1,
which will examine just how strongly one may infer from the fact that
QEOS is an anarthrous predicate nominative preceding the verb. For my
analysis, I needed to a get a feel for the "prior probability" that
QEOS is qualitative in John. The answer, it appears, is hardly ever.
Stephen Carlson
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