The divine sphere according to John 3:1-10

摘要

According to the research, emphatic "Greek text" tells aboutconfidence of Nicodemus in possession of trustworthy criteria, which allow him to judge whatmight be from God and, hence, what might not be from God. Epistemological premise ofNicodemus is the starting point for the whole conversation in Jn 3:1-21. Analysis of the Jewishliterary tradition that used dualistic couples of antonyms to denote "otherness" of the divine sphere1ms shown that ontological difference (v. 6) makes it impossible for human ("flesh") to know thedivine sphere ("spirit"). This results in the fact that manifestations of the divine sphere (effect) arefalsely taken by human for the divine sphere itself (cause). In other words, just verification of thedivine sphere manifestation without initiative act on behalf of God does not allow human neither tocorrectly value this sphere, nor to enter it.