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The first five verses were the original prologue to the Gospel of John and they can still be read to function this way. The notion that the first eighteen verses constitute the prologue is an invention of the 19th Century.

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Why is it important?

The thesis of the article, if correct, has implications for understanding the meaning and significance of the first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John and their relation to the rest of the Gospel.

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This page is a summary of: The Original Prologue to the Gospel of John, New Testament Studies, August 2015, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0028688515000181.
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