to the period and experience of the Christianity that the writer represents. It is not a title that can with certainty be attributed to him in his earthly ministry. When it emerges in the New Testament tradition, it is found in the later canonical books. (2) If the words “clearly claim” could be understood of an implication or impression conveyed by Jesus that he was a being who enjoyed a unique relationship to Yahweh or an “otherness” not shared by other human beings or even other heaven-sent emissaries,