Son of God : : Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity /

Son of God : : Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity / / ed. by Madhavi Nevader, Paul Sloan, Kai Akagi, Garrick V. Allen.

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In antiquity, "son of god"-meaning a ruler designated by the gods to carry out their will-was a title used by the Roman emperor Augustus and his successors as a way to reinforce their divinely appointed status. But this title was also used by early Christians to speak about Jesus, borrowin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Akagi, Kai,
Allen, Garrick V.,
Bauckham, Richard,
Botner, Max,
Brooke, George J.,
Joosten, Jan,
Kister, Menahem,
Kratz, Reinhard G.,
Kusio, Mateusz,
Lyons, Michael A.,
Novenson, Matthew V.,
Peppard, Michael,
Sloan, Paul,
Whittle, Sarah,
Wright, N. T.,
HerausgeberIn:
Akagi, Kai,
Allen, Garrick V.,
Nevader, Madhavi,
Sloan, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2019
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introducing Son of God : Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity
  • Part I: Son of God in Early Jewish Literature
  • 1. Son of God and Son of Man: 4Q246 in the Light of the Book of Daniel
  • 2. Son of God, Sons of God, and Election in the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • 3. Son of God in Wisdom 2:16-18: Between the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
  • 4. Son of God in the Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature
  • 5. Whose Son Is the Messiah?
  • Part II: Son of God in Early Christianity and the Gentile World
  • 6. Jesus's Use of "Father" and Disuse of "Lord"
  • 7. "Whoever Does the Will of God" (Mark 3:35): Mark's Christ as the Model Son
  • 8. Son of God and Christian Origins
  • 9. Son of God in Gentile Contexts (That Is, Almost Everywhere)
  • 10. "Declared to Be Son of God in Power": Romans 1:4 and the Iconography of Imperial Apotheosis
  • 11. "To Become like His Brothers": Divine Sonship and Siblingship in Hebrews
  • 12. Son(s) of God: Israel and Christ: A Study of Transformation, Adaptation, and Rivalry
  • 13. What Does God Get Out of It? Reciprocity and Divine Sonship
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index of Ancient Sources

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