The Prologue in John

Question 1

Main Themes

Answer 1

1. The Word Became Flesh
2. Life / Eternal Life
3. Light and Darkness
4. Belief
5. Children of God
6. Spirit and Flesh
7. Law
8. Grace and Truth

Question 2

Word Became Flesh

Answer 2

1. What is Word / Logos? (“in the beginning”, “with God” and “was God”
   - God has a word: (activity of God on Earth
   - Logos Meanings: (word, wisdom etc)
2. Influences of Hellenism: ( Logos, Heraclitus, Aristotle)
3. Influences of Judaism: (Dodd, Genesis, Exodus)
4. How does word become flesh? (Incarnation, Jewish and Hellenic Approach)
5. Implications

Question 3

Life and Eternal Life

Answer 3

1. Life (Logos as Source of Life)
2. In Greek there are three words (Bios, Phyche and Zoe, Lewis)
3. Zoe (Eternal Life)
4. Dodd’s Two Senses of Eternal Life (Quantitative and Qualitative)
5. Implications
6. How can humans acquire zoe?

Question 4

Light and Darkness

Answer 4

1. Biblical Connotations
2. Darkness
3. Implications

Question 5

Belief

Answer 5

1. Beliefs about
2. Believing in
3. Christian approaches
4. Synoptic Gospels
5. John’s Gospel
6. John’s Ending
7. Implications

Question 6

Children of God

Answer 6

1. Symbolic
2. Matthew
3. John (Dodd, Hooker)
4. Implications

Question 7

Flesh and Spirit

Answer 7

1. Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us
2. Flesh
3. Spirit
4. Implications

Question 8

Law

Answer 8

1. Religious Group’s Approach
2. John’s Gospel’s Approach to Jewish Law
3. Implications of Law

Question 9

Grace and Truth

Answer 9

1. God’s Glory
2. Grace
3. Truth
4. Implications

Question 10

Overview

Answer 10

1. Hooker: each Gospel has a prologue that acts as a ‘key’ for the following Gospel. Calls John’s ‘Glorious Key’ as it reveals the ‘glory’ of Christ.
2. Prologue as a hymn
3. Explaining Quotes