Re: Re: Johannine ARCH (was Jn.1:1b word order)

From: Jonathan Robie (jonathan@texcel.no)
Date: Tue Feb 10 1998 - 19:53:34 EST


At 04:35 PM 2/10/98 -0800, lakr wrote:
 
>Jonathan, I don't think I said that the action of HN did not happen
>in the past, with reference to when John narrates. However, I don't
>think this is what Craig means. I understood him to mean that the 'tense'
>of HN because of it's tense form extends into the infinite unbounded past,
>because of the nature of the verb itself. I don't think you really
>believe this is the case, do you ?
 
No, I believe that HN refers to a past time which is identified as EN ARCH.
At this time, the Word was.

Jonathan
 
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Texcel Research
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