Jesus constantly called himself by the peculiar phrase Son of Man.
Which man?
Joseph contributed NO DNA to Jesus.
It requires 23 chromosomes from a MALE and 23 chromosomes from a FEMALE to produce a human being.
Jesus could not exist with only FEMALE chromosomes.
**Aramaic bar nasha idiom was a way of talking about one's own self as a human being.
It is an expression which is humble to the point of being unworthy.
Job 25:4-6) 4 So how can
mortal man be in the right before God, Or how can one born of a woman be clean? 5 Look! There is even the moon, and it is not bright; And the stars themselves have not proved clean in his eyes. 6 How much less so mortal man , who is a maggot, And a son of man , who is a worm!"
Jesus constantly referenced his own self :
Matthew 8:20
Luke 9:58
Therefore, which MAN provided the chromosomes for Jesus to be the Son of Man?
There was a later rumor by Celsus (a Greek writer) that a centurion named Tiberius Panthera*
had copulated with Mary resulting in the birth of Jesus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Iulius_Abdes_Pantera
Others choose to interpret the phrase as a harkening back to certain ancient writings of an apocalyptic Son of Man.
Opinions are always opinions, however.
It is clear that Jesus may have used BOTH senses referentially.
Be that as it may: WHICH MAN is Jesus the SON of?? GENETICALLY: which MAN was his father.
I'd prefer to avoid going off on a tangent or side bar issues if possible.
Your thoughts on the SON of (which?) MAN, please.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTesKjoZbRU
*A possible connection between the two Panteras has been hypothesized by James Tabor, and hinges on the assumption that Celsus' information about Jesus' illegitimacy was correct, and a soldier with this name, living at the right period, might be the father. Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera's career would place him in Judea (present day Israel) as a young man around the time of Jesus' conception, and Tabor has hypothesized that as a connection
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Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
Such idiomatic expressions are not at all messianic or eschatological in their sense
or contexts.
There was another use of the phrase SON OF MAN however. In the ancient apocalyptic literature such as that of the Essenes especially the Book of Parables of 1 Enoch and 4 Ezra) he is one who comes on Judgment Day to herald the resurrection and to bring reward to the saints and punishment to the wicked. This was a heavenly figure or otherwise (the Son of Man being a glorified Enoch invested with divine Wisdom, cf. Enoch in 2 Enoch as the angel Metatron and in 3 Enoch as the "lesser YHWH"). The phrase SON OF MAN stems from ch. 7 of Daniel and is meant to identify him with the figure who destroys the present reign of man and inaugurates the eternal kingdom.