Sugya Schools Jewish-background / Wisdom-Logos
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Locates the Logos within Second-Temple Jewish thought -- the Aramaic Memra, Philonic Logos, and personified Wisdom (Prov 8, Sirach 24) -- denying a pagan-Greek origin.
Readings in this camp 4
- Daniel Boyarinengine
the Logos is the Jewish Memra, not a Greek import
on John 1:1–3 — the Logos (the Prologue)
- Thomas H. Tobinengine
Hellenistic-Jewish Philonic Logos; a reworked hymn
on John 1:1–3 — the Logos (the Prologue)
- James D. G. Dunnengine
Wisdom personified, not a person until 1:14
on John 1:1–3 — the Logos (the Prologue)
- Martin Hengelengine
Logos = Wisdom’s culmination; not pagan-derived
on John 1:1–3 — the Logos (the Prologue)