Messiah != Son of God
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 11:31 pm
This is an interesting bit. In the earliest Christian writings (presumably Paul), 'Christ Jesus' and 'the Son of God' are equated fairly breezily.**
In the third century, Origen wants to let us know that this is not something the Jews say about the Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/04161.htm
** There is also some apparent difference in the use of definite articles with Christ in Paul as compared to other literature.
https://books.google.com/books?id=iJwdOKwDKCUC&pg=PA179
https://books.google.com/books?id=vkBpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113
In the third century, Origen wants to let us know that this is not something the Jews say about the Christ.
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/04161.htm
(Origen frequently criticizes the 'Jew of Celsus' as being unrealistic.)A Jew, however, would not admit that any prophet used the expression, The 'Son of God' will come; for the term which they employ is, The 'Christ of God?' will come. And many a time indeed do they directly interrogate us about the Son of God, saying that no such being exists, or was made the subject of prophecy. We do not of course assert that the Son of God is not the subject of prophecy; but we assert that he most inappropriately attributes to the Jewish disputant, who would not allow that He was, such language as, My prophet once declared in Jerusalem that the 'Son of God' will come.
** There is also some apparent difference in the use of definite articles with Christ in Paul as compared to other literature.
https://books.google.com/books?id=iJwdOKwDKCUC&pg=PA179
https://books.google.com/books?id=vkBpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113