Was the Buddha Human or Divine?
We see aspects of both humanity and divinity in the Buddha of the early texts. I’ll discuss some of those aspects and propose some ways the historical development might have proceeded.
Essays:
https://sujato.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/on-the-32-marks/
https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/genesis-bodhisattva.pdf
Suttas:
A Trainee: https://suttacentral.net/mn53/en/sujato
A Delicate Lifestyle: https://suttacentral.net/an3.39/en/sujato
Fear and Dread: https://suttacentral.net/mn4/en/sujato
Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving: https://suttacentral.net/mn38/en/bodhi
At Cātumā: https://suttacentral.net/mn67/en/sujato
With Gotamī: https://suttacentral.net/an8.51/en/sujato
Incredible and Amazing: https://suttacentral.net/mn123/en/sujato