Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

Gk letters: ΜΑΡΙΑΜ.
Matthew (13): Heb hy-Ntm (mattan-yah: gift of
Yah); the Apostle/Evangelist, also named ‘Levi of
Alphaeus’ (see Levi in Ph Notes, Mk 2:14), brother
of the Apostle Jacob of Alphaeus; Mt 10:3 etc.
Meaning/Saying (Prolog 1 19 38 79): Copt
4a`e (C612b) = Gk ΛΟΓΟΣ = Heb rm) (amr) =
Aram )rmym (memra); English ‘meaning’ derives
from Anglo-Saxon ‘mænan’ = ‘to have in mind,
mention, conceive + express’, the exact sense of
both logos and memra; Jn 1:1 thus reads ‘In (the)
Origin was the Meaning’; one Gk term for ‘word’ is
ΡΗΜΑ.
Natural (90): see Vintage.
Oracle/Prophet (31 52 88): Gk ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ =
Heb )ybn (nábi); a divine spokesperson, not
merely predictive; note that there are 24 books in
the Heb canon of the OT, and also 24 Prophets
including John the Baptist (see IV-Ezra 14:45,
Rev/Ap 4:4).
Origin (18): Gk ΑΡΧΗ; a term from the pre-
Socratic Gk philosophers, meaning not a temporal
beginning but rather the primary foundation of
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