The book of Daniel. Volume 2 : composition and reception / edited by John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint ; with the assistance of Cameron VanEpps.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collins, John J. (John Joseph), 1946- editor.

Flint, Peter W., editor.

VanEpps, Cameron, editor.

Series:

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 83, 2.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 2,2.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; Volume 83, 2

Formation and interpretation of Old Testament Literature ; 2,2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Daniel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (518 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] ; Köln, [Germany] : Brill, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of new essays, more than thirty leading scholars from Europe, North America and Israel examine the Composition and Reception of Daniel in eight sections: Review of Scholarship and Context (J.J. Collins, M. Knibb); Near Eastern Milieu (K. van der Toorn, S. Paul, J. Walton); Interpretation of Specific Passages (D. Dimant, R. Kratz, A. Lacocque, E. Haag, J.-W. van Henten); Social Setting (R. Albertz, S. Beyerle, L. Grabbe, P. Davies, D. Smith-Christopher); Literary Context, including Qumran (J.-W. Wesselius, G. Boccaccini, P.W. Flint, L. Stuckenbruck, E. Eshel, J. Hobbins); Reception in Judaism and Christianity (K. Koch, C. Rowland, U. Gleßmer, C.A. Evans, J.D.G. Dunn, M. Henze); Textual History (E. Ulrich, A.A. Di Lella, K. Jenner) and Theology of Daniel (J. Goldingay, J. Barton, J. Lust). This is the second volume to appear (following Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah. Studies of an Interpretative Tradition ) in the collection The Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature , part of the series Supplements to Vetus Testamentum . Further volumes in preparation on the composition and reception of Old Testament books include Genesis, Leviticus, Kings, Psalms, and Proverbs. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Contents:

Preliminary material / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint

The Writing of Daniel / Jan-Wim Wesselius

The Solar Calendars of Daniel and Enoch / Gabriele Boccaccini

The Daniel Tradition at Qumran / Peter W. Flint

Daniel and Early Enoch Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Loren T. Stuckenbruck

Possible Sources of the Book of Daniel / Esther Eshel

Resurrection in the Daniel Tradition and Other Writings at Qumran / John F. Hobbins

Stages in the Canonization of the Book of Daniel / Klaus Koch

The Book of Daniel and the Radical Critique of Empire. An Essay in Apocalyptic Hermeneutics / Christopher Rowland

Die \'Vier Reiche\' Aus Daniel in Der Targumischen Literatur / Uwe Glessmer

Daniel in the New Testament: Visions of God's Kingdom / Craig A. Evans

The Danielic Son of Man in the New Testament / James D. G. Dunn

Nebuchadnezzar's Madness (Daniel 4) in Syriac Literature / Matthias Henze

The Text of Daniel in the Qumran Scrolls / Eugene Ulrich

The Textual History of Septuagint-Daniel and Theodotion-Daniel / Alexander A. Di Lella

Syriac Daniel / Konrad D. Jenner

Daniel in the Context of Old Testament Theology / John Goldingay

Theological Ethics in Daniel / John Barton

Cult and Sacrifice in Daniel. The Tamid and the Abomination of Desolation / Johan Lust

1. Editions, Transcriptions, Translations, Listings / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint

2. Secondary Literature / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint

1. Scripture Index / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint

2. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (In Alphabetical Order) / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint

3. Dead Sea Scrolls Index / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint

4. Other Ancient Writings / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint

5. Index of Modern Authors / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 8, 2016).

ISBN:

90-04-27609-2

OCLC:

550420818

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004276093 DOI