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4 connections across theological concepts
Connections
Greek logos (word) and didache (authoritative teaching) are inseparable — Jesus speaks as one having authority (exousia), his words being constitutive acts.
In Hebrew thought and John's Gospel, God speaks and creation happens — the spoken word is the creative instrument. 'God said... and it was so' (Genesis 1) is the paradigm.
Hebrew dabar (God's word creates), Greek logos (creative principle), Quranic amr (divine command), Sanskrit aum (creative vibration) — across all traditions, the divine word/sound/principle is the creative force.
Greek logos (divine word, cosmic reason, principle of order) appears in John's Gospel; Hebrew dabar (God's word); both express the creative principle through which God acts.
Etymology
Word, speech, utterance, thing, matter
Word has creative power; God's word brings reality into being
Word, utterance, message, reason, divine principle
Jesus identified as the Logos; cosmic principle of reason and order
Word, utterance, speech, divine communication
Quran as God's Word (Kalam Allah); Jesus (Isa) called Kalimat Allah
Word, speech, utterance, sacred syllable
Vac is personified as goddess of speech and creativity; Om as supreme word
Hebrew Roots
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Greek Roots
word, reason, discourse
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