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Is Johannes 1:1 ’n ‘raaisel’? Grammatikale getuienis

Author(s) -

Jan van der Watt

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

in die skriflig/in luce verbi

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2305-0853

pISSN - 1018-6441

DOI - 10.4102/ids.v50i2.1924

Subject(s) - wonder , grammar , philosophy , subject (documents) , scholarship , literature , linguistics , epistemology , art , computer science , law , political science , library science

Is Johannes 1:1 a ‘riddle’? Grammatical evidence. John 1:1 is one of the most famous opening lines in the Bible. No wonder that it received its proportionate attention in scholarship which is characterised by the differences of opinion regarding several issues addressed in these verses. It is suggested that these difficulties in interpreting this verse might be an implication that it is a riddle or at least has riddle-like qualities. The question to be dealt with further is whether the grammar, which is also subject of intense discussion, supports the idea that this verse might be a riddle.

Keywords: John 1:1, Riddles in John, ‘God’ or ‘god’ in John, Johannine grammar

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