. . . in spite of all the above facts concerning the דְבַר יהוה – “the
word of the Lord” and the superficial similarities to Jn 1:1–2, the Gospel text
is quite different from anything that the דבר -λόγος-word of the Old Testament
might mean. What is distinctive about the Johannine Logos is that it is used in
a personal way. The λόγος is not an ordinary word, the word of any man, nor
even a word pronounced by God. The λόγος is a person and he stands in a
relation vis á vis the Almighty.7 Moreover, this Logos is himself God and
furthermore he is the One who created the universe. As a crown to all these characteristics
of the Logos, he is also said to have become “flesh”, i.e. to have become
incarnate. The Old Testament דבר -λόγος-word does not meet anyone of these
conditions. (Chrys C. Caragounis, “The Concept of Logos in John 1:1,” in New
Testament Investigations: A Diachronic Perspective [Wissenschaftliche
Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 487; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022], 101-2)
