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:A literal translation would be "the Son, a human being." It would not be properly translated as "the Son of man," a nonsensical phrase in English. Your claim that the Greek for "the Son, a human being" would read "υἱὸς ὁ ἄνθρωπος" doesn't wash, because that Greek phrase would be translated as "Son the man" or "Son the human being," falsely implying in English there was another son who was not a human being. Rather, the Greek clarifies that the Son IS a human being, and hence "the Son, a human being" in English.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:21, 23 June 2014 (EDT)
:A literal translation would be "the Son, a human being." It would not be properly translated as "the Son of man," a nonsensical phrase in English. Your claim that the Greek for "the Son, a human being" would read "υἱὸς ὁ ἄνθρωπος" doesn't wash, because that Greek phrase would be translated as "Son the man" or "Son the human being," falsely implying in English there was another son who was not a human being. Rather, the Greek clarifies that the Son IS a human being, and hence "the Son, a human being" in English.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:21, 23 June 2014 (EDT)
::Andy, have you forgotten (or have you never learned) that τοὺ is the genitive of ὁ? So your argument against (ὁ)υἱὸς ὁ ἄνθρωπος would be applicable in the same way to ὁ υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου, leading to "The Son, the human being" ''falsely implying in English there was another son who was not a human being''. Luckily, the usage of the definitive article in Greek is a little bit more complicated, which holds true for both cases!
::"the Son, a human being" is not a literal translation. It's just a wrong translation. Literal translations of ὁ υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου include "the Son of a/the human being", "the Son of the man" or "the Son of Man".
::Have you tried to discuss your novel approach to the Greek genitive with some scholars of Biblical Greek? Perhaps you have a former teacher. When you study theology in Germany, you have to learn Greek, Hebrew and Latin - perhaps your pastor (or priest) knows (and likes) Greek?
::--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 16:47, 23 June 2014 (EDT)