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January 17th, 2007
Santa Cruz, California
Received by FAB
I am here, John.
You have the thought, if I was just a lowly fisherman, how
could I have written a Gospel?
Well, as you well know, Jews have always placed much
importance on education, and so, I was educated in reading
and writing as a child, and I was able to study, to a
limited extent, some of the writings that eventually
became the Bible, that is, the Old Testament.
I did not begin my Gospel with "In the beginning was the
Word," at least in the sense in which it has been
interpreted. I did say that God was in the beginning. The
"Word," or "Logos" in Greek, acquired an interpretation in
harmony with Greek thought, but not being Greek, and
therefore not being acquainted with Greek thought, I in no
way gave this interpretation.
As you have learned, my original Gospel got lost, and much
was added and taken away.
How could people interpret my Gospel in relation to Greek
culture, when that culture was alien to me? No, my Gospel
was written in the context of Jewish culture, the only
culture I was acquainted with.
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