2.1 The Prologue in John - Quiz Flashcards
What Hellenistic features does John’s Prologue display?
The Hellenistic features are reflected in the inclusion of the Prologue as was the custom in Greek literature.
What is the meaning of ‘Logos’?
‘The Word’
What is the significance of the word ‘Logos’?
It communicates a universal theological view of Jesus
What significance of the use of the word ‘logos’ have to the Jewish leadership?
Logos would’ve provoked Jewish leadership
Give a Bible verse which demonstrates the sentiment that Jesus is light.
John 1:4-5 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
What significance did the phrase ‘children of God’ have for the Gentiles?
John 1:12-13 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
What significance would ‘Children of God’ have had to the Jewish leadership?
Indicate that their ‘special status’ as the chosen people of God would now be extended to all - something which did not sit well with many of the Jewish readership of the time.
What do John’s writers communicate in John 1:17
Idea of the concepts of Grace and truth as tied to Jesus being juxtaposed with the legalistic law of the Jewish leadership
What view of the Jewish readership is communicated by the writing in John?
A negative view/role
Why is the view of Jewish readership the way it is?
As they reject Jesus and his message - an attempt by the Johannine community to show a new way to salvation beyond the Jewish tradition
