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‘Who Is This Son of Man?’: The Latest Scholarship on a Puzzling Expression of the Historical Jesus is unavailable, but you can change that!

This text brings together modern scholarship on the meaning of the expression “son of man.” The interpretation of the Greek phrase and its Aramaic origins dramatically changes its effect in Scripture. Is it a generic expression about human beings, or did it carry the weight of a Christological title like son of God, Christ, Messiah, and son of David? ‘Who Is This Son of Man?’explores the possible...

Paul L. Owen The present volume seeks to advance scholarly discussion pertaining to the usage of the expression ὁ υἱος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (‘the son of man’) in the Greek gospels. Those four words have accrued a significance in theological studies, both critical and confessional, far out of proportion to their length. Such a seemingly inauspicious way of speaking about Jesus has been the conduit of scholarly energy for a variety of reasons. The phrase
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