Category:Son of Man (subject)

Son of Man is a Semitic idiom denoting "humanity" or "self." In some Second Temple Jewish (and Christian) circles it came to be used in a messianic context to denote a heavenly Messiah.

Overview

The Son of Man in ancient sources

Book of Daniel

Daniel 7 -- As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne, his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels were burning fire... The court sat in judgment and the books were opened... And as I watched, the beast was put to death and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire... As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a son of man coming from the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him. To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away...

The Son of Man in Scholarship

The Son of Man in Fiction

Related categories

• Messiah (subject) / Son of David

External links

• Wikipedia

Additional References

• 2000s
  • Michael Reichardt, Endgericht durch den Menschensohn?: zur eschatologischen Funktion des Menschensohnes im Markusevangelium (Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2009)
  • Konrad Huber, Einer gleich einem Menschensohn. Die Christusvisionen in Offb 1,9-20 und Offb 14,14-20 und die Christologie der Johannesoffenbarung (Münster: Aschendorff, 2007)
  • Andrew R. Angel, Chaos and the Son of Man: The Hebrew Chaoskampf Tradition in the Period 515 BCE to 200 CE. (London: T&T Clark, 2007)
  • Charles S. Brown, The Two Sons of God: The Son of Man and the Son of God: What the Bible Really Says (Waitakere City, N.Z.: Crystal, 2005; 2nd ed. 2007)

• 1990s

Mary Margaret Pazdan, The Son of Man: A Metaphor for Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991)

• 1980s
  • Barnabas Lindars, Jesus, Son of Man: A Fresh Examination of the Son of Man Sayings in the Gospels in the Light of Recent Research (London: SPCK, 1983)
  • A.J.B. Higgins, The Son of Man in the teaching of Jesus (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980; repr. 2005)

• 1970s
  • Robert Hamerton-Kelly, Pre-existence, Wisdom, and the Son of Man: A Study of the Idea of Pre-Existence in the New Testament (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973)

• 1960s
  • Morna Dorothy Hooker, The Son of Man in Mark: A Study of the Background of the Term "Son of Man" and Its Use in St. Mark's Gospel (Montreal: McGill University Press, 1967)