Competing for Honor : : A Social-Scientific Reading of Daniel 1-6 / / Shane Kirkpatrick.

• Superior document: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 74
• VerfasserIn: Kirkpatrick, Shane,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 74.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Using social-scientific criticism, this work presents a reading of Daniel 1-6 as literature of resistance. The characters and episodes of these tales are read against a backdrop of social competition for the cultural value of honor. Each of the tales of Daniel 1-6 is analyzed, revealing a comparison...

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• ABBREVIATIONS
• CHAPTER ONE, INTRODUCTION
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Social-Scientific Criticism
• 2.1 On the map of biblical interpretation
• 2.1.1 Three paradigms of biblical interpretation
• 2.1.2 Divisions within social-scientific criticism
• 2.1.3 Critique from the historical paradigm
• 2.1.4 Critique from the literary paradigm
• 2.1.5 Social-scientific reading
• 2.2 On the map of the social sciences
• 2.2.1 Divisions within the social sciences
• 2.2.2 Paradigms for cultural anthropology
• 2.2.3 The anthropology of honor
• 3.0 A Social-Scientific Reading of Daniel 1-6
• 3.1 A model of honor
• 3.1.1 Definition of honor
• 3.1.2 Sources of honor
• 3.1.3 Achieving honor
• 3.1.4 Envy
• 3.1.5 Replication of honor
• 3.1.6 Symbols of honor
• 3.1.7 Collective honor
• 3.1.8 Honor-related social institutions
• 3.2 Thesis and prospectus
• CHAPTER TWO, RESISTANCE: DANIEL 1
• 1.0 The Text
• 1.1 Daniel 1:1-7, 17-21
• 1.2 Daniel 1:8-16
• 2.0 The Model
• 2.1 For reading Daniel 1:1-7, 17-21
• 2.2 For reading Daniel 1:8-16
• 3.0 The Reading
• 3.1 Daniel 1:1-7
• 3.2 Daniel 1:8-16
• 3.2.1 Daniel and the diviners
• 3.2.2 Explicit comparison
• 3.2.3 Comparing more than diets
• 3.3 Daniel 1:17-21
• 4.0 Summary
• CHAPTER THREE, EXCELLENCE: DANIEL 2
• 1.0 The Text
• 1.1 Daniel 2:1-30, 46-49
• 1.2 Daniel 2:31-45
• 2.0 The Model
• 2.1 Challenge and riposte
• 2.2 The honor of virtuous deeds
• 3.0 The Reading
• 3.1 Daniel 2:1-13
• 3.2 Daniel 2:14-30
• 3.2.1 Daniel's temperance
• 3.2.2 Daniel's prudence
• 3.2.3 Daniel's righteousness
• 3.2.4 Honor through comparison
• 3.2.5 Honor through excellence
• 3.3 Daniel 2:31-45
• 3.4 Daniel 2:46-49
• 4.0 Summary
• CHAPTER FOUR, ENVY: DANIEL 3 AND 6
• 1.0 The Text
• 1.1 Daniel 3
• 1.2 Daniel 6
• 2.0 The Model
• 2.1 Envy
• 2.2 Labelling and deviance theory
• 3.0 The Reading
• 3.1 Daniel 3
• 3.2 Daniel 6
• 3.2.1 Envy and honor
• 3.2.2 Labelling and deviance
• 4.0 Summary
• CHAPTER FIVE, SUCCESS AND FAILURE: DANIEL 4 AND 5
• 1.0 The Text
• 1.1 Daniel 4
• 1.2 Daniel 5
• 2.0 The Model
• 2.1 Review of the dynamics of honor
• 2.2 Three-zone model of human personality
• 3.0 The Reading
• 3.1 Daniel 4
• 3.2 Daniel 5
• 4.0 Summary
• CHAPTER SIX, CONCLUSION
• 1.0 Review
• 1.1 The value of a social-scientific reading
• 1.2 Results of this social-scientific reading
• 1.3 Contribution of this social-scientific reading
• 2.0 Historical Transposition
• 3.0 Theological Reflection
• BIBLIOGRAPHY.