Original scientific paper
The Prologue of the Gospel According to John (Jn 1, 1 – 18)
Marko Tomić
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Teologija u Đakovu
Abstract
The article represents both literary and critical analysis of the Prologue of the Gospel according to John (Jn 1,1 – 18). The beginning of the article quotes the original text of the Prologue, including various text versions from the most significant New Testament manuscripts and from the first Christian authors. The
analysis follows the generally accepted opinion according to which this text is based on the Hymn to Wisdom or to Logos, interpreted in Christological manner at the end of the 1st century. The presented reconstruction of the text is based on the researches of various authors. Special attention was paid to the structure of the Prologue which discovers its wholeness, theological topics and the role of the
Gospel according to John in general. The article also presents some ideas and solutions by different modern authors who have greatly contributed to the explanation of the Prologue - one of the most famous texts from the New Testament. The translations of the Prologue into Croatian, dating from the 19th century show that our translators were also aware of its hymnic and poetic character.
Keywords
Gospel According to John; Prologue; hymn; Logos; Word; structure; Croatian translations of the NT
Hrčak ID:
40176
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2003.
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