THE PROLOGUE TO JOHN'S GOSPEL IN THE LIGHT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT'S PERSONIFIED WISDOM (GEN 1:1)

Although the Prologue to John's Gospel is well-known, it remains an ever-new challenge for many scholars. In this article, the author approaches the Prologue in the context of the whole Fourth Gospel, but, primarily, as to an integral whole. The article consists of four parts that gradually reveal the role of Logos in the Prologue in comparison with sapiential texts of the Old Testament. John's can be an echo. allusion to the Book of Genesis that begins with the same phrase (beresit). John relates that beginning to the first day of the week as the day of new creation and develops that idea further in his gospel. John reshapes the previously existing hymn and adjusts it to his work in order to show the difference between Wisdom and Logos. However, on the other hand, sapiential texts point towards the function of personified Wisdom that is greater that Logos, i.e., Jesus Christ. Logos is greater than the creation because he is God. Logos is the incarnated Word (see Jn 1:1.), prophesised by Sirach (2.:8) and other sapiential texts.