Overview

'Son of Man' is practically the only self-designation employed by Jesus himself in the gospels, but is used in such a way that no hint is left of any particular theological significance. Still, during the first many centuries of the church, the expression as it was reused was given content, first literally as signifying Christ's human nature. Later 'Son of Man' was thought to be a christological title in its own right. Today, many scholars are inclined to think that, in an original Aramaic of an historical Jesus, it was little more than a rhetorical circumlocution, referring to the one speaking. Mogens Müller's 'The Expression 'Son of Man' and the Development of Christology: A History of Interpretation' is the first study of the 'Son of Man' trope, which traces the history of interpretation from the Apostolic Fathers to the present, concluding that the various interpretations of this phrase reflect little more than the various doctrinal assumptions held by its interpreters over centuries.

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Author:   Mogens Mueller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9781845539726

ISBN 10:   1845539729
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   30 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction 1. Early Church 2. The Son of Man in Gnosticism 3. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 4. The Son of Man in Medieval Exegesis 5. Reformation, Orthodoxy, Counter-Reformation, and Pietism 6. Enlightenment, Rationalism, and Idealism 7. Son of Man and the Life of Jesus Project 8. The Emergence of a Specific Apocalyptic Son of Man Concept 9. The First Aramaic Stage in the Son of Man-Research 10. The Eschatological Interpretation 11. Mostly Backwater 12. The History of Religion School 13. Interlude 14. Continuations 15. The Second Aramaic Stage 16. Exit the apocalyptic Son of man 17. Son of man as an expression or title created in the gospel tradition Conclusion Appendices: A. Text-editions and translations B. Monographs and articles containing ""Son of Man"" or equivalents in the title C. Other secondary literature"

Reviews

'This work will be an indispensable tool for some time to come for anyone researching the term 'Son of Man.' It is the product of years of meticulous research -- some of which goes back to the early 1970s -- that successfully avoids the trap of losing the wider picture in all the detail. Muller really has done a superb service to NT studies with this publication and deserves congratulations. This is a 'must read' for any NT scholar or serious student undertaking Son of Man research'. JSNT 2010, Volume 32.5 '...M's book will provide a valuable resource for everyone working in this vexed area of Gospel studies. M has done us all a service in providing such a comprehensive, and scrupulously fair, descriptive summary of the works of so many people who have wrestled with the problem of the term Son of Man. For that, he is to warmly thanked -- and congratulated.' The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 72, 2010 'To this superb survey of the history of the term son of man there is no equivalent.' Rollin Kearns, Ohio Wesleyan University, Review of Biblical Literature 03/2010

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Mogens Muller has been Professor in New Testament at the University of Copenhagen since 1982.

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