I. Introduction
1. The origin of the doctrine of the incarnation as an issue
II. The Son of God
2. Introduction
3. The first-century 'context of meaning'
4. Jesus' sense of sonship
5. Jesus' divine sonship in the earliest Christian writings
6. Jesus' divine sonship in the post-Pauline writings of the New Testament
7. Conclusions
III. The Son of Man
8. Introduction
9. Who is this ' son of man'?
the Jewish answer
10. Who is this 'son of man'?
the Christian answer
11. Conclusions
IV. The last Adam
12. Introduction
13. Adam and the plight of man
14. Adam and Christ
15. Pre-existent man?
16. Conclusions
V. Spirit or Angel?
1. Introduction
18. Spirit of God in pre-Christian Judaism
19. Sprit of Christ
20. The angel of the Lord
21. Conclusions
VI. The wisdom of God
22. Introduction
23. Wisdom in pre-Christian Judaism
24. Christ as wisdom in Paul
25. Christ as wisdom in the post- Pauline writings of the New Testament
26.Conclusions
VII. The Word of God
27. Introduction
28. Logos in pre-Christian thought
29. The word of God in first-century Christian thought
30. The Word incarnate
31. Conclusions
VIII. Conclusion
32. Summary
33. And so..
A New Testament inquiry into the origins of the doctrine of the incarnation