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'Who is this son of man?' : the latest scholarship on a puzzling expression of the historical Jesus / edited by Larry W. Hurtado and Paul L. Owen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Library of New Testament studies ; 390.
- Library of New Testament studies ; v. 390
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Son of Man.
- Jesus Christ--Historicity.
- Jesus Christ.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : T & T Clark, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is the first ever collection of scholarly essays in English devoted specifically to the theme of the expression 'son of man'. It describes the major competing theories which have addressed questions such as: What is the original Aramaic expression which lies behind the Greek phrase, and what was its original connotation? How do the gospel writers use the expression 'son of man'? Is it a Christological title, pregnant with meaning, much like the titles son of God, Christ/Messiah, and son of David? Is it used as a way of designating Jesus as a human being of unique redemptive s
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface: The Son of Man Debate; What's the Problem?; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1 ISSUES CONCERNING THE ARAMAIC BEHIND (omitted): A CRITICAL REVIEW OF SCHOLARSHIP; 2 PROBLEMS WITH CASEY'S 'SOLUTION'; 3 RE-SOLVING THE SON OF MAN 'PROBLEM' IN ARAMAIC; 4 EXPRESSING DEFINITENESS IN ARAMAIC: A RESPONSE TO CASEY'S THEORY CONCERNING THE SON OF MAN SAYINGS; 5 THE USE OF DANIEL 7 IN JESUS' TRIAL, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR HIS SELF-UNDERSTANDING; 6 THE USE OF THE SON OF MAN IDIOM IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN; 7 THE ELECT SON OF MAN OF THE PARABLES OF ENOCH
- 8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONSIndex of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources; Subject Index; Author Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613271228
- 9781283271226
- 1283271222
- 9780567641816
- 0567641813
- OCLC:
- 710974915
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