Word and Glory: On the Exegetical and Theological Background of John’s Prologue (Biblia.com)

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Word and Glory challenges recent claims that Gnosticism, especially as expressed in the Nag Hammadi tractate Trimorphic Protennoia, is the most natural and illuminating background for understanding the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel. Scriptural allusions and interpretive traditions suggest that Jewish wisdom tradition, mediated by the synagogue of the Diaspora, lies behind the Prologue and the...

convergence. 1. The general contrast between Moses and Jesus presupposes the giving of the Law at Sinai: ‘The Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came to pass through Jesus Christ’ (v. 17).1 Taking seriously the contrast implied by this verse we are able to understand correctly the meaning of the preposition ἀντί in v. 16: ‘from his fulness we have all received, even grace in place of (ἀντί) grace’.2 For the Johannine community, the grace of the new covenant established through Jesus

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