Reddit reviews Jewish Targums and John’s Logos Theology

re: logos and John 1, I have read that, even some of it in Greek. I plan on soon purchasing a book just on this, The Jewish Targums and John's Logos Theology, which, if I'm not mistaken, shows relations between logos and Hebrew theology, rather than Greek philosophy - keeping a little more with tradition. Not that I can speak on this, but the ideal for me is always to draw back to the Hebrew tradition - after all, such is the roots of Messiah.

re: OT God not being God the Father, might you call this modern day Marcionism? I mean no offense, just it's only been gnostics I've encountered who espouse such a notion, whereas NT Christians claim there was no change in God's eternity in incarnating as Jesus, but I guess moreso the needs of the world changed, hence his coming.

Also, if Jesus The Son = God the Father, how do you explain Mark 13:32, "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father"?

Yes, there are definitely features to the Memra tradition that don't neatly fit the typical analytic, Athanasian trinitarian formulations, especially with the subtle relationship to formulations of a Philonic and even a Gnostic demiurge.

Boyarin's is definitely one of the most well thought out proposals, but Alan Segal also pointed out similarities. What's really interesting to me, though, is that the Memra connection is making inroads in an otherwise conservative, Evangelical context:

https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Targums-Johns-Logos-Theology/dp/0801047595