| Early Period of the History of the Question | |
| The Fathers On Luke ii. 49 | |
| The Greek Fathers | p. 3 |
| The Latin Fathers | p. 10 |
| Other Evidence of the View of the Early Church | |
| Further Evidence in the Fathers and Texts | p. 13 |
| The Apocryphal Gospels of the Childhood | p. 18 |
| Conflicting Heretical Opinions | p. 23 |
| Later Period of the History of the Question | |
| From the Fathers to the Rise of Modern Rationalism | |
| From the Eighth to the Twelfth Century | p. 29 |
| From the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth Century | p. 32 |
| The Modern Views | |
| "Ordinary Israelitic Consciousness" | p. 38 |
| "Special Ethical Sonship" | p. 41 |
| "Mere Messianic Consciousness" | p. 43 |
| "Real Divine Sonship" | p. 45 |
| Preliminary Questions | |
| The Correct Text of Luke ii. 49 | p. 53 |
| The Historical Trustworthiness of Luke ii 49 | |
| Luke's Early Chapters | p. 60 |
| The Temple Episode | p. 65 |
| The Historical Background of Luke ii. 49 | |
| Circumstances Leading to the Utterance of Jesus' First Recorded Saying | p. 73 |
| Contemporary Jewish Conception of God's Relation to Man | p. 81 |
| Christ's Consciousness as Expressed in Luke ii. 49 | |
| Real Divine Sonship Expressed in the First Recorded Words | |
| The Study of the Words "My Father" | p. 91 |
| The Other Words of the Text | p. 98 |
| The Contrast with the Preceding Verse | p. 104 |
| Messianic Consciousness Included in Christ's first Sele-Interpretation | p. 114 |
| Jusus' First Recorded Words and the Immediate Context | |
| The Scene Among the Doctors | |
| Word Scrutiny of Luke ii. 47, 48 (a) | p. 121 |
| Explanation of Luke ii. 46 | p. 128 |
| The "Parents" and the "Son" | |
| Their Attitude towards Each Other | p. 135 |
| The Morality of the Temple Episode | p. 143 |
| The Christ Child's "Wisdom" and "Grace" | |
| Study of Luke ii. 40 and 52 | p. 151 |
| A Significant Silence in These Verses | p. 161 |
| Jesus' First Recorded Words and the Remote Context | |
| The Whole Lucan Account of Christ | |
| The Infancy Section | p. 169 |
| The Beginning of the Ministry | p. 171 |
| The Public Life | p. 177 |
| The Acts of the Apostles | p. 179 |
| The Whole New Testament Account of Christ | |
| St. Matthew | p. 182 |
| St. Mark | p. 183 |
| St. John | p. 185 |
| St. Paul | p. 187 |
| Christ's Sonship in the New Testament | p. 188 |
| Conclusion | p. 192 |
| Bibliography | |
| List of works quoted | p. 199 |
| Selected list on Christ's Consciousness in Boyhood | p. 221 |
| Treatises on the Infancy and Boyhood of Christ | p. 222 |
| List of Abbreviations for Periodicals and Collections | p. 229 |
| Scriptural Index | p. 231 |
| General Index | p. 239 |
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