Comments on: What is the Word? http://www.thulasidas.com/2009-08/what-is-the-word.htm Perception and Physics. Science and Spirituality. Life and Work. Money and Quantitative Finance. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Manoj http://www.thulasidas.com/2009-08/what-is-the-word.htm/comment-page-1#comment-337 Manoj Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:30:30 +0000 http://www.thulasidas.com/?p=1363#comment-337 Thank you for posting your comment, Alan. It is really nice to hear from someone with such deep knowledge of this verse. Thank you for posting your comment, Alan. It is really nice to hear from someone with such deep knowledge of this verse.

]]> By: Alan http://www.thulasidas.com/2009-08/what-is-the-word.htm/comment-page-1#comment-335 Alan Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:16:37 +0000 http://www.thulasidas.com/?p=1363#comment-335 With respect to the reading and meaning of John 1:1, it may interest you to know that, for the past 17+ years (as of 8/09), I've been attempting to collect together every various version/translation of this verse I can find, not only to document their different readings, but to also list in detail the different explanations offered for their differences. Some time next year I hope to eventually publish my findings. To learn more about this, and to keep up with its progress, I invite you (and your readers) to visit: http://www.goodcompanionbooks.com Until then, when it comes to the rendering of the third clause as, "and the Word was a god" (as you mentioned above), often it is argued that such a rendering would certainly fly in the face of the strict, Jewish monotheistic system of belief, and yet, this quote might prove to shed some light on that particular notion: "The Hebrew for ‘gods’ (‘elohîm) could refer to various exalted beings besides Yahweh [or, Jehovah], without implying any challenge to monotheism,…" As taken from: Blomberg, Craig L. (b.?-d.?). "The Historical Reliability of John’s Gospel: Issues & Commentary." (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, c2002), "The feast of Dedication" ([John] 10:22-42), p. 163. BS2615.6.H55 B56 2002 / 2001051563. Agape, Alan. With respect to the reading and meaning of John 1:1, it may interest you to know that, for the past 17+ years (as of 8/09), I’ve been attempting to collect together every various version/translation of this verse I can find, not only to document their different readings, but to also list in detail the different explanations offered for their differences. Some time next year I hope to eventually publish my findings. To learn more about this, and to keep up with its progress, I invite you (and your readers) to visit: http://www.goodcompanionbooks.com

Until then, when it comes to the rendering of the third clause as, “and the Word was a god” (as you mentioned above), often it is argued that such a rendering would certainly fly in the face of the strict, Jewish monotheistic system of belief, and yet, this quote might prove to shed some light on that particular notion:

“The Hebrew for ‘gods’ (‘elohîm) could refer to various exalted beings besides Yahweh [or, Jehovah], without implying any challenge to monotheism,…”

As taken from: Blomberg, Craig L. (b.?-d.?). “The Historical Reliability of John’s Gospel: Issues & Commentary.” (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, c2002), “The feast of Dedication” ([John] 10:22-42), p. 163. BS2615.6.H55 B56 2002 / 2001051563.

Agape, Alan.

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