Daniel evokes Isaiah : allusive characterization of foreign rule in the Hebrew-Aramaic Book of Daniel : /
Author / Creator: | Lester, G. Brooke, 1966- author. |
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Imprint: | London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015. ©2015 |
Description: | xii, 229 pages ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 606 T & T Clark library of biblical studies Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 606. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10423394 |
Summary: | Lester argues here that the book of Daniel contains a complex but poetically unified narrative. This can be identified through certain narrative qualities, including the allusion to Isaiah throughout, which uniquely contributes to the narrative arc. The narrative begins with the inauguration of foreign rule over Israel, and concludes with that rule's end. Each stage of the book's composition casts that foreign rule in terms ever-more-reminiscent of Isaiah's depiction of Assyria. That enemy is first conscripted by God to punish Israel, but then arrogates punitive authority to itself until ultimately punished in its turn and destroyed. Each apocalypse in the book of Daniel carries forward, in its own way, that allusive characterization. |
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Physical Description: | xii, 229 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780567658579 0567658570 9780567658562 (ePDF) |