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

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, Volume 83, 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Collins, John J. 1946-; Flint, Peter W.,; VanEpps, Cameron,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] ;, Köln, [Germany] : : Brill,, 2001.; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 83, 1.; Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 2, 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint -- Current Issues in the Study of Daniel / John J. Collins -- The Book of Daniel in its Context / Michael A. Knibb -- Scholars at the Oriental Court: The Figure of Daniel Against its Mesopotamian Background / Karel Van Der toorn -- The Mesopotamian Background of Daniel 1-6 / Shalom M. Paul -- The Anzu Myth as Relevant Background for Daniel 7? / John H. Walton -- The Visions of Daniel / Reinhard G. Kratz -- Allusions to Creation in Daniel 7 / André Lacocque -- Daniel 12 Und Die Auferstehung Der Toten / Ernst Haag -- Daniel 3 and 6 in Early Christian Literature / Jan Willem Van Henten -- The Social Setting of the Aramaic and Hebrew Book of Daniel / Rainer Albertz -- The Book of Daniel and its Social Setting / Stefan Beyerle -- A Dan(Iel) for All Seasons: For Whom was Daniel Important? / Lester L. Grabbe -- The Scribal School of Daniel / Philip R. Davies -- Prayers and Dreams: Power and Diaspora Identities in the Social Setting of the Daniel Tales / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher.