Son of God
- Created by: AislingAnn
- Created on: 09-11-22 10:34
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- Son of God
- Jewish background to the title
- The title appears in Jewish literature predating the New Testament.
- Connected to Messiah
- Priests, prophets and kings were designated as being “Son of God”
- New Testament
- Evolved from the New Testament
- Used frequently
- Used in both baptism and transfiguration
- “My Son”
- Son of King David
- Abbä
- Equivalent to Daddy
- Vermes agrees, “Abbä is a familiar but also respectful expression”
- Fitzmyer (1989) believes there is no evidence in first-century Palestinian Judaism that Abbä was used as a personal address for God by any individual.
- Barr believes that this argument is overrated as there is only one example of Aramaic term translated into Greek
- Equivalent to Daddy
- “Son of God” in Mark’s Gospel
- Mark identifies what he thinks about Jesus’ identity
- Son of God
- Jesus Christ
- Mark interprets Jesus’ appearance as a fulfilment of these prophetic messages.
- For Mark, Jesus has authority and power to defeat evil as he in God’s son
- most important title for Mark
- Baptism and transfiguration
- Promised Messiah
- Mark identifies what he thinks about Jesus’ identity
- “Son of God” in Matthew’s Gospel
- Jewish background to the title
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