Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg's discussion... For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.aaa.net.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm.

These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection...

More from Tom Wright:

'In the Exodus, the true God reveals himself as who he is, putting the idols to shame. But [according to Paul, this] God now is the God who 'sends his son' and then 'sends the Spirit of the Son' (Galatians 4:1-11). We have, within thirty years of Jesus' death, what would later be called a very high Christology. It is very early and very Jewish.

'Son of God', in Paul's day, came to be used by the early Christians [as a way] of saying that what had happened to Jesus was the unique and personal action of the one God of Israel. It became another way of speaking about the one God present, personal, active, saving, and rescuing, while still being able to speak of the one God sovereign, creating, sustaining, sending, remaining beyond.' (p. 162).

[Note from Rowland: To be fair to Tom and Marcus I'm presenting their summary-views before I offer some of my own... You'll have to *think* first, and then wait for my appraisal].

Shalom! Rowland Croucher