The strange and enigmatic title "son of man" has intrigued biblical
scholars for millennia. What does it mean and how does it describe
Jesus in his role as the Christian messiah? Robin Jarrell surveys
the mythological roots of the phrase in the ancient Mesopotamian
Epic of Gilgamesh and traces its development from the mythology of
the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut's birth narrative, to the Baal Cycle
in Ugaritic literature, to the story of Pandora, and finally to the
story of creation found in the book of Genesis. The key to
unlocking the mystery of the phrase "son of man" is embedded in the
story of the first "son of man"-Noah-with the reference to "the
sons of God" who found wives among the "daughters of men" and whose
offspring brought devastation to the earth and the reason for the
flood.In the hands of the Christian gospel writers, the parallel
"son of man" figure found in the Dead Sea Scrolls reemerges in the
identity of the last "son of man"-Jesus of Nazareth.
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