Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Trimorphic Protennoia 38:22-23 and μονογενης θεος (John 1:18)

 

. . . Jesus is called ‘the Perfect Son, the Christ, the only-begotten God’ (38.22-23; cf. 39.6-7, 12-13) which probably echoes Jn. 1.18 (μονογενης θεος, which is read by 𝔓66,75 א B C* L 33). (Craig A. Evans, Word and Glory: On the Exegetical and Theological Background of John’s Prologue [Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 59; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993], 65)