Son of God: Reflections on a Tradition

What do Christians mean when they call Jesus "son of God"? In this study of the phrase "son of God" as applied to Jesus of Nazareth, Christopher Bryan examines the testimony of various New Testament witnesses who used this expression to speak of him, and asks where they got it, what they meant by it, and how it might have been understood.

In Bryan's view, any attempt to address these questions stands self-condemned if it does not point to both the words and works of Jesus himself in the mem...