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'''Son of God''' is a phrase denoting in general the right relation between humans and God, and in a messianic context, the special relationship between God and the [[Messiah]].
*DICTIONARY: see [[Son of God]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Son of God (sources)]]


==Overview==
In the Canaanite tradition (shared by ancient Israelites) the anointed King was understood as the "adopted" son of God (see Psalms).


In Judaism, the phrase denoted the relationship between the righteous and God the Father. All children of Israel were called to be "sons of God" (i.e. "righteous").  
This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the phrase and title, [[Son of God]].  


In some Second Temple Jewish (and Christian) circles the phrase came to be used as a messianic title: the Messiah is "the" Son of God par excellence--the "Righteous one."


In later Christian tradition (after the first century CE), the phrase began to be used to denote the divine nature of Jesus.
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==Son of God in ancient sources==
 
====Earlier Jewish tradition====
Psalm 2:7 -- '' You are my son: today I have begotten you ''
 
Psalm 45:7-8 -- ''Your throne, o elohim, endures forever and ever… Therefore God, your God, has anointed you ''
 
2 Samuel 7:13-14 = 1 Chronicles 17:12-13 --  ''Thus says the Lord… I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a Son to me.''
 
====Book of Sirach====
Sirach 4:10 (Greek version) -- ''Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother, you will then be like a son of the Most High, [Hebrew: God will call you His son], and he will love you more than does your mother. ''
 
====Book of Jubilees====
Jub 1:24-25 -- “They will do my commandments. I shall be a father to them, and they will be sons to me. And they will all be called sons of the living God” (1:24-25).
 
====Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs====
TestLevi 4:2 -- ''The Most High has given heed to your prayer that you be delivered from wrongdoing, that you should become a son to him, as minister and priest in His presence.''
 
====Christian sources====
Paul, Romans 8:14 -- ''All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God''
 
Mark 15:39, and Luke 23:47 -- ''Truly that man was a son of God'' (Mark) = ''Truly that man was a righteous person'' (Luke)
 
Gospel of John 1:12 -- '' To all who received him, who believed in his name, [Jesus] gave the power to become children of God ''
 
==Related categories==
*[[Messiah|Messiah (subject)]]
 
==External links==
*[ Wikipedia]
 
==Select Bibliography (articles)==
*'''Son of God''' / [[Géza G. Xeravits]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume]], 1248-1249
 
 
 
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Revision as of 13:50, 17 October 2011


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