The Son of Man in Mark’s Gospel

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The Son of Man in Mark’s Gospel is written by David Forrest Mitchell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1725256592 (ISBN 10) and 9781725256590 (ISBN 13).

Many scholars disagree about what was meant by Jesus's intriguing self-designation ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (the Son of Man). This book attempts to find some clarity by working through every example of the phrase in the Gospel of Mark to determine how the phrase functions and what it means in that narrative. While every use of the phrase is self-referential and describes Jesus and his ministry, the analysis yields three main distinctions in use of the phrase as well as three significant unifying features. The book then moves to explore whether, despite of the skepticism of some scholars, there is some background for the phrase in the book of Ezekiel's use of בֶּן־אָדָם (son of man) in relation to basic form and function and to thematic import.