Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 3161486161, Paperback)

How did the earliest Christians come to see Jesus as a divine and preexistent being alongside God? Aquila Lee proposes that the root of preexistent Son Christology is to be found in early Christian exegesis of the two messianic pslams (the catalyst) in the light of Jesus' self-consciousness of divine sonship and divine mission (the foundation).

PARTIAL CONTENTS: 1. Development & Origin of Jesus' Pre-existence. JEWISH DIVINE PRESENCE/ACTION TRADITIONS 2. Personified Divine Attributes. 3. Exalted Angels & Pre-eistent Messiah. FOUNDATION FOR PRE-EXISTENT SON CHRISTOLOGY 4. Jesus' Self-Consciousness of Divine Sonship 5. Jesus' Self-Consciousness of Divine Mission. CATALYST FOR PRE-EXISTENT SON CHRISTOLOGY 6. Early Christian Exegesis of Pslam 110:1 7. Exegesis of Psalm 2:7 ESSENCE OF PRE-EXISTENT SON CHRISTOLOGY 8. "God Sent His Son." 9. Conclusion Bibliography. Indexes of Authors, References, Subjects.