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Titles For Jesus Flashcards

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What are the main different titles for Jesus

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Messiah, Son of God and Son of Man

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Meaning of messiah

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Anointed one/ chosen one

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Examples of anointed people in Jewish scripture

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A priest- Exodus 28:41
A king- 1 Samuel 10:1
A prophet- 1 Kings 19:19

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Links to ‘messiah’ concept

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Idea of :
Liberating people
Conquering their enemies

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Example of an earthly ruler type of messiah in JS

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Psalms 22:27-28

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Second idea Jews had about the messiah

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The messiah will preform signs

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Where in JS did it say that the messiah will preform signs

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Isiah 35:5-6

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NT Wright on Jesus and the term messiah

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‘Jesus rarely uses the term messiah and rarely spoke of himself in this way’

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Thoughts on why Jesus did not use the term ‘Messiah’ much

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Because he didn’t want all the associations that went with it (military ruler, political king…)

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Where is ‘Son o Man’ seen in Jewish scripture?

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Daniel 7:13-14

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What does Daniel 7 say specifically the son of man

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That the son of man is a heavenly figure who is like a man- human and divine
It combines his human-nes and the role God has chosen for him

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Specific quote from Daniel 7:13-14

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‘Son of man coming on with the clouds of heaven’- apocalyptic

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What does the son of man bring

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Salvation and judgement

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Son of man in Enoch?

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1 Enoch refers to the son of man as being pre-existant

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When is the term son of man often used

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Often used in connection with Jesus’s suffering, death and ressurection

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Son of man in John?

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The son of man has contact with angels- John 1:51

17
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Son of man in luke

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Luke 9:26-27 and 18:31-34

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Son of man in Mark

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Mark 8:31 and 10:33-34

19
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What does Bart D Ehrman say about son of God

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He says that the son of man might be a cosmic figure who would come to judge and might not necessarily be Jesus.
He thins this link between Jesus and the son of man is made later by the early church

20
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What does James Dunn say about the term son of man

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Says there is n scholarly consensus on interpretation of the phrase

21
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Mention of son of God in Jewish scripture

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  • King of Israel was known as the Son of God
  • The nation of Israel was seen as God’s first born son
  • Psalms 2:7 mentions ‘son of God’
22
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What does Ruth Edward say about the term son of God

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She says that is it included for the sake if gentile readers, for whom the term ‘messiah’ would not mean anything

23
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Son of God in Hellenistic culture

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Son of God was seen as a heroic human figure

24
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Mention of son of God in John

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John 30:30-31

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Mention of son of God in Matthew

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Matthew 27:54, 14:33 and 16:15

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Roman view on the term ‘son of man’

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They may have seen this as a threat to power as they believed the emperor was divine

27
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Son of God in Luke

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Luke 1:35 and 4:41

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Son of God in the trial before Pilate

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The Jews cry out ‘crucify him’ on the bases that he ‘made himself the son of God’

29
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Jesus about the term son of God

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Jesus does regard God as his father- he called him ‘abba’

30
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Raymond Brown quote about the titles for Jesus

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The titles for Jesus are ‘an index of the way in which the early church confessed its understanding of what Jesus meant for mankind’

31
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V. Taylor on the titles for Jesus

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The NT exercise great restraint in describing Jesus as God, he is ‘both more and less than God’ as he is ‘man as well as God’, perhaps the variety of titles try to explore Jesus’s complexity

32
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Raymond Brown on describing Jesus as ‘just’ God

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This might lead to a ‘semi-docetic’ position in which one might ignore Jesus’s human-ness, his fear, pain…

33
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In what way is the term son of God useful

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It is useful as it conveys the sense of distinction between God and Jesus

34
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NT Wright on the term son of God

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The term son of God is a focal point for a wider variety of ideas of Jewish messianic hope that God himself would be present with his people

35
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NT wright on Jesus and Jewish scripture

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Jesus fulfils both of the two great symbols of Judaism- Torah and temple
In Jesus the Hebrew scriptural portrayal of God comes to life

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