Dreams, riddles, and visions : textual, contextual, and intertextual approaches to the Book of Daniel /

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Author / Creator:Segal, Michael, 1972- author.
Imprint:Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, GmbH, [2016]
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Band 455
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 455.
Subject:Bible. -- Daniel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Daniel.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Prophets.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11756644
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ISBN:9783110389975
3110389975
9783110330991
3110330997
9783110330861
3110330865
9783110330861
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 18, 2018).
Summary:In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt.
Other form:Print version: Segal, Michael, 1972- Dreams, riddles, and visions. Boston : De Gruyter, 2016 9783110330861
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The volume contains eight original studies, each of which focuses on a different chapter or central passage in Daniel and offers a new interpretation or reading of the passage in question. The studies span the Danielic tales and apocalypses, offering innovative analyses that often challenge the scholarly consensus regarding the exegesis of this book. The eight chapters relate to Daniel 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, Susanna, and the conception of angelology in Daniel.

The studies are all based on careful textual analysis, including comparison between the Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek versions (especially regarding Daniel 4-6), and, in each case, the larger arguments are built upon solid philological foundations. Many of the insights proposed in this volume are based upon the realization that the authors of Daniel were frequently interpreters of earlier biblical books, and that the identification of these intertextual clues can be the key to unlocking the meaning of these texts. In this sense, Daniel is similar to other contemporaneous works, such as Jubilees and Qumran literature, but the extent of this phenomenon has not been fully appreciated by scholars of the book. This volume therefore contributes to the appreciation of Daniel as both the latest book in the Hebrew Bible, and a significant work in the landscape of Second Temple Judaism.



Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110389975
3110389975
9783110330991
3110330997
9783110330861
3110330865
ISSN:0934-2575
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