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 King and Messiah as Son of God: Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Related Literature Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins 
 Description From The Publisher: This book traces the history of the idea that the king and later the messiah is Son of God, from its origins in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology to its Christian appropriation in the New Testament. Both highly regarded scholars, Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins argue that Jesus was called the Son of God precisely because he was believed to be the messianic king. This belief and tradition, they contend, led to the identification of Jesus as preexistent, personified Wisdom, or a heavenly being in the New Testament canon. However, the titles Jesus is given are historical titles tracing back to Egyptian New Kingdom ideology. Therefore the title Son of God is likely solely messianic and not literal. King and Messiah as Son of God is distinctive in its range, spanning both Testaments and informed by ancient Near Eastern literature and Jewish noncanonical literature. Reviews  Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book. About the Author Adela Yarbro Collins is Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale University. John J. Collins is Holmes professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School and has served as president of both the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. Table of Contents Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject  Between Athens and Jerusalem : Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic DiasporaReligion in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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