Biography of a Dream : A Reception-Historical Study of the Fourth Beast in Daniel 7 / Jonathan Redding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redding, Jonathan, Author.

Series:

Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts Series

Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Daniel, VII--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Revelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The biblical apocalyptic books of Daniel and Revelation are, for better or worse, polarizing. Interpreters have long read and searched these books for clues about how their worlds will “end,” which each new interpreter promising to have “unlocked” how Daniel and Revelation work together to uncover a divine plan for prophetic fulfillment. Redding uses the Vision of the Fourth Beast from Daniel 7 as a case study to consider how interpretations of texts take on lives of their own, eventually wedding interpretation with text and prompting the question: what even is a text? Is it what is on the page, something interpreters put there, or a combination of both? Starting with the literature of the Levant, this work traces the use of motifs, images, and themes through Daniel, Revelation, and into pre-Enlightenment Christian thinkers to consider hermeneutical trajectories that shaped (and continue to shape) how modern readers engage biblical apocalyptic literature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One. Wirkungsgeschichte as a Reception Historical

Chapter Two. Daniel 7 as a Wirkungsgeschichte Case Study

Chapter Three. Reading Daniel 2

Chapter Four. Cultural Horizons within Levant Literature

Chapter Five. Consequences of Daniel 7 in the Book of Revelation

Chapter Six. The Fourth Beast in Christian Traditions

Chapter Seven. Conclusions for Further Study

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4632-4244-1

OCLC:

1269268375