Re: John 1:1-2

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 09 1999 - 20:12:01 EST


At 7:20 PM -0500 3/9/99, RHutchin@aol.com wrote:
>Would there be a strategic purpose for a writer to construct John 1:1-2 to
>read--
>
>....hO LOGOS KAI hO LOGOS.....QEON KAI QEOS.....hO LOGOS hOUTOS...

There's a literature on it; it's been called a staircase pattern. Consult
the commentaries, Raymond Brown especially.

Carl W. Conrad
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