This particular wisdom background seems to best identify the conceptual framework of John’s prologue, although other alternatives have been suggested.2 I conclude this discussion of the background of John’s prologue by identifying three purposes it served. First, John’s prologue refuted the rabbinic notion that the law of Moses is the Wisdom of God by equating Jesus Christ with Wisdom who replaces the Torah. Second, verses like John 1:14 (the Word became flesh “and made his dwelling among us”) may