The purpose of this thesis is to examine the Greek expression Logos found in the Gospel of John, to discover if it is possible to expand the term in such a way that female, male and gender neutral imagery of God can be generated from it. This is done by enumerating the wide range of meanings that logos can concur, found in the different contexts of the Christian Bible and within Hellenism, including Gnostic texts. These different meanings of logos are examined in order to see in what way they can generate new images of God as related to the purpose. The results show that it is indeed achievable to produce such images from Logos, a term that has chiefly been regarded as a masculine one. This is mainly based on the fact that many of Logos qualities can be said to be gender neutral in terms of being widely described as superhuman; it is among other attributes called light, life and eternal.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att studera Eleazars tal i Josefus Det judiska kriget i förhållande till bibliska och rabbinska traditioners syn på själen. Jag vill undersöka hur detta tal förhåller sig till Bibeln och andra delar av den samtida judiska traditionen, och till den samtida grekiska filosofin. Detta tal som Josefus tillskriver Eleazar är förlagt till händelser som utspelades omkring år 73 evt. och återfinns i Josefus verk om det judiska kriget (The Wars of The Jews, bok 7, kap. 8).