Son of God : reflections on a tradition /

"Christianity spread into the Roman Empire. But it started with the words and works of Jesus of Nazareth in Galilee, which was a client state of the empire. Being a client state meant, of course, that Galilee was by no means unaffected by Rome. Herod Antipater the Tetrarch, known as Antipas, ru...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryan, Christopher, 1935- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Galilee
  • The Scriptures of Israel
  • Sons of God in the Scriptures of Israel
  • The Greco-Roman world
  • Sons of God in the Greco-Roman world
  • Paul and the Son of God
  • Colossians, Ephesians, and the Son of God
  • Hebrews and the Son of God
  • The synoptics and the Son of God: Jesus' baptism and testing
  • The synoptics and the Son of God: confession and transfiguration
  • The synoptics and the Son of God: the prayer of Jesus and the prayers of his followers
  • The synoptics and the Son of God: Jesus' teaching in Jerusalem, his passion, death, and resurrection
  • The fourth evangelist and the Son of God
  • "Who then is this?": "Son of God" and the early church's worship of Jesus
  • "Why have they been numbered among the sons of God? And why is their lot among the saints?".