The Messiah

A Comparative Study of the Enochic Son of Man and the Pauline Kyrios

James A. Waddell

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780567561152
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567420114
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

This volume discusses conceptual elements of messianic traditions that are identified in the Parables of Enoch and the Letters of Paul by examining the nature and functions of the divine figure and of the messiah figure.

Comparative analysis presented here demonstrates that the Parables of Enoch and the Letters of Paul share specific conceptual elements of messianic traditions. The combination of shared elements is so striking as to preclude the possibility that the Parables of Enoch and the Letters of Paul constituted independent, parallel developments. It cannot be claimed, however, that Paul was familiar with the text of the Parables of Enoch; there are no direct quotes of the Parables anywhere in Paul's Letters. Waddell does however show that Paul was familiar with the conceptual elements of the Enochic messiah, and that Paul developed his concept of the Kyrios out of the Son of Man traditions in the Book of the Parables of Enoch. Waddell specifically argues Pauline christology was at the very least heavily influenced by Enochic Son of Man traditions.

Table of contents

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
• 1.0 Initial Remarks
• 1.1 The Problem this Study Addresses
• 1.2 History of Research
• 1.3 Methodology
• 1.4 Mediatorial Figures in Second Temple Judaism
• 1.5 Dating the Parables of Enoch
• Chapter 2. THE DIVINE FIGURE IN THE PARABLES OF ENOCH
• 2.0 The Divine Figure in the Parables of Enoch
• 2.1 Nature of the Divine Figure in the Parables of Enoch
• 2.2 Functions of the Divine Figure in the Parables of Enoch
• 2.3 Ambiguous References Either to the Divine Figureor the Messiah Figure
• 2.4 Summary and Conclusions
• Chapter 3. THE MESSIAH IN THE PARABLES OF ENOCH
• 3.0 The Messiah Figure in the Parables of Enoch
• 3.1 Nature of the Messiah Figure in the Parables of Enoch
• 3.2 Functions of the Messiah Figure in the Parables of Enoch
• 3.3 Summary and Conclusions
• Chapter 4. THE DIVINE FIGURE IN THE LETTERS OF PARABLES OF ENOCH
• 4.0 The Divine Figure in the Letters of Paul
• 4.1 Nature of the Divine Figure in the Letters of Paul
• 4.2 Functions of the Divine Figure in the Letters of Paul
• 4.3 Ambiguous References Either to the Divine Figureor the Messiah Figure
• 4.4 Summary and Conclusions
• Chapter 5. THE MESSIAH IN THE LETTERS OF PAUL
• 5.0 The Messiah Figure in the Letters of Paul
• 5.1 Nature of the Messiah Figure in the Letters of Paul
• 5.2 Functions of the Messiah Figure in the Letters of Paul
• 5.3 Summary and Conclusions
• 5.4 EXCURSUS: A CLOSER LOOK AT ROMANS 9.5:DID PAUL REFER TO JESUS AS theos?
• Chapter 6. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MESSIAHIN THE PARABLES OF ENOCH AND THE LETTERS OF PAUL
• 6.0 Summary of the Problem this Study Addresses
• 6.1 Comparative Analysis
• 6.2 Striking Similarities between the Book of Parablesand the Letters of Paul
• 6.3 What is New in Paul
• 6.4 EXCURSUS: WHY PAUL DID NOT USE“SON-OF-MAN” TERMINOLOGY
• Chapter 7. CONCLUSIONS
• 7.0 Final Remarks
• 7.1 Conclusions
• 7.2 Sociological Analysis: Making Sense of the Data
• Bibliography
• Index of References
• Index of Authors