JESUS ‘THE WORD’ AS CREATOR IN JOHN 1:1-3: HELP FOR EVOLUTIONISTS FROM PHILO THE HELLENISTIC JEW

Philo’s Hellenistic Jewish background (c. 50 BCE – 30 CE) helps to clarify John’s identification of Jesus as the ‘Logos’. This article explores the course of the Hellenistic philosophical context in which the use of the word ‘Logos’ was de-veloped from the idea that truth could only be grasped th…