Who is the God mentioned in John 1:1?

Who is the God mentioned in John 1:1?

The word God is mentioned twice in John 1:1, If God refers here to the Father, does that mean that John 1:1 may be read (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the Father , and the Word was the Father?
Are there historical fa…

Was Immanuel a real name?

Was Immanuel (עִמָּנוּאֵל, "God with us") a legitimate name that predated Isaiah’s writing it? Was it something that you might actually name your baby boy? Or is it a made-up symbolic name just like Isaiah’s Maher-shalal-hash-baz…