<James> ... do the scriptures. It's also interesting that you point to two lineages of Abraham as a way of explaining away this truth just as trinitarians...
[This message had been initially posted to this discussion group by Wes Williams some days ago, but never came through.] Dear John 1:1 Researchers, XAREIN! ...
<Wes> ... grammar... <Bill> The problem may be the assumption that the logos is a person and not a message. "Preach the logos" is not assumed to refer to the...
... bad ... not a ... of the ... Hi Bill, it is still bad grammar however you understand LOGOS. The issue is with _QEOS._ It make it intelligible as you...
Dear Ronald, I appreciate the quotations that you made. I also greatly respect Goodspeed. However, "divine" is simply not an adequate translation for QEOS. The...
<Wes> ... _QEOS._ It make it intelligible as you understand it, you need to add "[the exposition of]." "God" by itself is bad grammar when you really intend...
Dear Bill, you may need to go back and refresh yourself with the original post. The expression "the Was was G/god" is bad English grammar in the context of...
Wes, Overall, I tend to agree with you; I was only responding to Nathan's request for translations that rendered theos as "divine." Many trinitarians prefer...
Wes, I agree with you totally. If theology were not involved, it would not be difficult to translate John 1:1 at all. Granted, though, that the GNT can be...
"Judaism – The religion of the Jews characterized by belief in one God and in the mission of Jews to teach the Fatherhood of God as revealed in the Hebrew...
<Wes> I am in agreement with you that "message of God" is good English grammar. <Bill> I never suggested "message of God"! <Wes> However, "the Word was God"...
<James> "Judaism – The religion of the Jews characterized by belief in one God and in the mission of Jews to teach the Fatherhood of God as revealed in the ...
... Jews?" ... the ... <James> Again, the standard definition according to Webster's, "Jew – a member of the nation existing in Palestine from the 6th...
... Jews?" ... the ... <James> Again, the standard definition according to Webster's, "Jew – a member of the nation existing in Palestine from the 6th...
<James> ... <Bill> I dunno. I think this discussion suffers from a lack of acceptable terms. Judaism beginning with Adam? No, I can't carry on a meaningful...
... grammar. ... English grammar ... original post. ... Dear Bill, You still do not see the issue. Let me put forth some questions and perhaps this will help. ...
<Wes> - In the sentence "and God was the message," do you see "God" as definite or indefinite? - If definite, what prevents the convertible proposition to:...
For those who have not seen them on the list I moderate, Evangelical and JW Theologies (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Evangelicals_and_JWs), I will here post...
Dear friends, What follows is a slightly edited version of a post from my series on John 1:1 at Evangelical and JW Theologies. Here is the text of John 1:1,...
... endings, ... cases, ... it ... Robert Bowman, Your examples are fine but the above examples for the nominative case are both definite. The "your"...
Dear "yhwh_is_his_name", As examples of the nominative case with the word QEOS, I had written: **hO QEOS – "the God" (nominative case, singular) Ex.: "For...
... <James> A couple of comments and questions concerning this statement of yours. There seems to be a gap of approximately 200 years between the time John...
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This message appeared recently on the "greektheology" discussion group. "This quote is taken from Lactantius' Divine Institutes IV.14. Lactantius was a 4th...
Dear James, I had written: **We have numerous copies of the passage dating from the early third century and on through the medieval period, and all of them...
This message was initially posted to the greektheology discussion group and, because its author is also a member of this group, I thought it may interest some...
Mr. Bowman and all, You stated that the translation given by the eminent ... I cannot find an example in any translation from the Hebrew or Greek that supports...
... Mr. Bowman, As moderator of this discussion group, forgive me for letting this part of Mr. Archer's message slip through. As I indicate on my opening...
Hi Im Joe and Im Christadelphian. I hope my contribution is wellcome here, otherwise tell me. It seems like people are either Arians or Trinitarians here. Im ...
Christadelphian Joe wrote: Hi Im Joe and Im Christadelphian. I hope my contribution is wellcome here, otherwise tell me. Hello, Christadelphian Joe. I'm...
