Thursday, September 28, 2017

GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT





It is commonly charged that the Bible, especially the New Testament, had been influenced by Greek thought. Most often, John's (1:1) "logos" is cited as evidence, where Jesus is identified as the “logos” or the "Word." In Greek thought, the “logos” was the creative power from which the world emerged.

However, rather than being influenced by Greek thought, John had merely co-opted the term, not the philosophy, to argue that Jesus was the creative power through which the world had been created.

If the critic is truly serious about the wellsprings of the NT, he should observe that the NT quotes or alludes to the OT perhaps on 1000 occasions. It is therefore clear from where its inspiration and worldview arise.

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