Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introducing Son of God : Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity 1
5. Part I: Son of God in Early Jewish Literature
6. 1. Son of God and Son of Man: 4Q246 in the Light of the Book of Daniel 9
7. 2. Son of God, Sons of God, and Election in the Dead Sea Scrolls 28
8. 3. Son of God in Wisdom 2:16–18: Between the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament 41
9. 4. Son of God in the Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature 53
10. 5. Whose Son Is the Messiah? 72
11. Part II: Son of God in Early Christianity and the Gentile World
12. 6. Jesus’s Use of “Father” and Disuse of “Lord” 87
13. 7. “Whoever Does the Will of God” (Mark 3:35): Mark’s Christ as the Model Son 106
14. 8. Son of God and Christian Origins 118
15. 9. Son of God in Gentile Contexts (That Is, Almost Everywhere) 135
16. 10. “Declared to Be Son of God in Power”: Romans 1:4 and the Iconography of Imperial Apotheosis 158
17. 11. “To Become like His Brothers”: Divine Sonship and Siblingship in Hebrews 171
18. 12. Son(s) of God: Israel and Christ: A Study of Transformation, Adaptation, and Rivalry 188
19. 13. What Does God Get Out of It? Reciprocity and Divine Sonship 225
20. Bibliography 241
21. Contributors 267
22. Index of Ancient Sources 269