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\section{Life}
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Life 'collectively', interdependent, interconnected.
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Something like "Life" with a capital 'L'.
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Although it can mean 'life' in the conventional sense
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(for example: \myxref{Matt}{9}{18}, \myxref{Matt}{27}{63}, \myxref{Luke}{2}{36},
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\myxref{Acts}{25}{24}, \myxref{Rom}{7}{2}, \myxref{2Cor}{1}{8}, \myxref{1Thes}{4}{17},
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\myxref{1Tim}{5}{10}, \myxref{Rev}{19}{20}),
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Jesus uses \ZOE{} exclusively of 'life eternal'
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(with the possible exceptions of \myxref{Luke}{15}{13}, \myxref{Luke}{16}{25}).
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The other N.T. writers use \ZOE{} in both senses --- temporal and eternal,
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generally clear from the context.
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The Father is the '\zoe{}-living God' (see \myxref{Matt}{16}{16}).
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The Septuagint (LXX) in Gen.2:7 has ``...[God] breathed into his nostrils
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the breath of \zoe{}-life,
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and the man became a \zoe{}-living psyche-life'' (and see \myxref{1Cor}{15}{45});
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And in Gen.3:20 (LXX) ``And Adam called his wife's name \ZOE{},
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because she was the mother of all \zoe{}-living.''
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The first woman was named \ZOE{} --- Life --- in the Greek scriptures.
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Whether John had this in mind is impossible to say with certainty,
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but given how saturated his Prologue is with LXX Genesis imagery,
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it is perhaps not entirely coincidental.
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Contrast PSYCHE: an individual manifestation of life/consciousness.
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See \myxref{John}{12}{25} where both \ZOE{} and PSYCHE occur.
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Greek also has the word BIOS for 'life' in the sense of biological processes.
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