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Re: Word Order in typology

From:Rodlox <rodlox@...>
Date:Monday, October 18, 2004, 13:53
> > I note that he interprets John 1:1 ("In the beginning was the Word, > > and the Word was with God, and the Word was God") as describing > God's > > inherently linguistic nature, but this is IMHO a bad example of > exegesis. > > >>Now THAT is really weird... He might have never read Targums that > mention > >>"memra" ('saying' in Aramaic) to denote God's personal acts in > >>relation to the physical world...
well, in Ancient Egyptian, depending upon how you interpret the Neteru, one could see that Creation myth as eitehr - * Amun is the Word, and, in thinking, brings the universe into being. * Amun thinks, and in thinking, brings the universe into being.