The ‘True Light Which Enlightens Everyone’ (John 1:9): John, Genesis, The Platonic Notion of the ‘True, Noetic Light,’ and the Allegory of the Cave in Plato’s Republic

Abstract

George H. van Kooten, “The ‘True Light Which Enlightens Everyone’ (John 1:9): John, Genesis, the Platonic Notion of the ‘True, Noetic Light,’ and the Allegory of the Cave in Plato’s Republic,” in The Creation of Heaven and Earth: Re-interpretations of Genesis 1 in the Context of Judaism, Ancient Philosophy, Christianity, and Modern Physics (ed. George H. van Kooten; Themes in Biblical Narrative 8; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2005 [published in 2004]), 149-194.