christian theologians
Continued from Part 13 Syncretic roots of Paul’s Jesus Much of Christianity is the development of Paul and his theological descendants, who presented the pagans with a diluted form of Judaism in Hellenized garb. It is true that the Hellenistic Jewish philosophy of Philo paved the way to such
jesus
Continued from Part 14 Subordination and subjection Wherever the relationship of Jesus to God is treated in the New Testament, Jesus is always represented in a subordinate position. This subordinate role can be seen in the fact that Jesus views himself as a messenger: “He who receives you receives me,
god
Continued from Part 15 The New Testament Jesus: A distinct supernatural agent Despite the distinctiveness with which God and Jesus are regarded in the New Testament, most Christians are under the misconception that God and Jesus form two-thirds of a triune deity. Partial responsibility for this error goes to
alexandrine sinaitic and codex ephraemi
Continued from Part 16 The Alpha and the Omega In the Book of Revelation we find the verse, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,7 says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8). Alpha is the first letter
alpha and omega
Continued from Part 17 Revelation 1:17 and 2:8 do not contain the words the Alpha and the Omega. In these verses the author of Revelation uses protos (“first”) and eschatos (“last”) which imply the same thought as the phrase the Alpha and the Omega. Revelation 1:17 reads:
alpha and omega
Continued from Part 18 In Revelation, the title the Alpha and the Omega is applied in different verses to refer to either God or Jesus in their own respective ways. Therefore, the title can be applied to either one of them or to both of them. It is unnecessary to
father
Continued from Part 19 A debt to Philo God, according to Philo, is an incorporeal, indefinable, absolute Being without any knowable attributes and qualities. God, being so removed from the world, cannot have direct relations with it. 12 Therefore, Philo introduces an intermediary existence (“words”) between God and the world.
creator
Ani Maamin - I Believe Based on the Thirteen Principles of Faith formulated by the Rambam in his Commentary on the Mishnah (tractate Sanhedrin 10:1). 1. I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, is the Creator and Guide of all the created beings, and that
en ho logos
Continued from Part 20 John 1:1 It is in John 1:1 that the nature of the Logos (the Word) is explicitly stated. The first verse of John, as translated in the King James Version, reads: “In the beginning was the Word [ho logos], and the Word was with
age of the universe
by Dr. Gerald Schroeder According to a possible reading of ancient commentators' description of God and nature, the world may be simultaneously young and old. One of the most obvious perceived contradictions between Torah and science is the age of the universe. Is it billions of years old, like
gospel of john
Continued from Part 21 1. C. Colwell offers a grammatical rule explaining the use of the article with a predicate nominative in the Greek New Testament.22 This rule seems to justify the trinitarian translation of John 1:1. Colwell says: A definite predicate nominative has the article when it
anarthrous predicate
Continued from Part 22 In a study made by Philip B. Harner, an examination was conducted of clauses in which an anarthrous predicate noun precedes the copulative verb. Harner states that: . . . E. C. Colwell examined this type of word-order and reached the tentative conclusion that “definite predicate nouns which
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