The Messiah: A Comparative Study of the Enochic Son of Man and the Pauline Kyrios

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 16
1.0 Initial Remarks......Page 18
1.1 The Problem this Study Addresses......Page 19
1.2 History of Research......Page 20
1.3 Methodology......Page 33
1.4 Mediatorial Figures in Second Temple Judaism......Page 36
1.5 Dating the Parables of Enoch......Page 39
2.0 The Divine Figure in the Parables of Enoch......Page 45
2.1 Nature of the Divine Figure in the Parables of Enoch......Page 46
2.2 Functions of the Divine Figure in the Parables of Enoch......Page 54
2.3 Ambiguous References Either to the Divine Figureor the Messiah Figure......Page 61
2.4 Summary and Conclusions......Page 63
3.0 The Messiah Figure in the Parables of Enoch......Page 65
3.1 Nature of the Messiah Figure in the Parables of Enoch......Page 66
3.2 Functions of the Messiah Figure in the Parables of Enoch......Page 102
3.3 Summary and Conclusions......Page 118
4.1 Nature of the Divine Figure in the Letters of Paul......Page 121
4.2 Functions of the Divine Figure in the Letters of Paul......Page 127
4.3 Ambiguous References Either to the Divine Figureor the Messiah Figure......Page 134
4.4 Summary and Conclusions......Page 135
5.1 Nature of the Messiah Figure in the Letters of Paul......Page 136
5.2 Functions of the Messiah Figure in the Letters of Paul......Page 160
5.3 Summary and Conclusions......Page 186
5.4 EXCURSUS: A CLOSER LOOK AT ROMANS 9.5:DID PAUL REFER TO JESUS AS theos?......Page 189
6.1 Comparative Analysis......Page 195
6.2 Striking Similarities between the Book of Parablesand the Letters of Paul......Page 200
6.3 What is New in Paul......Page 201
6.4 EXCURSUS: WHY PAUL DID NOT USE“SON-OF-MAN” TERMINOLOGY......Page 203
7.1 Conclusions......Page 219
7.2 Sociological Analysis: Making Sense of the Data......Page 220
Bibliography......Page 227
Index of References......Page 243
Index of Authors......Page 256