The Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception (2001 Collins/Flint), edited volume

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The Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception (2001) is a volume edited by John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint.

Abstract

"Even though the earlier debates of the twentieth century have subsided, questions concerning the composition and genre of Daniel, the social setting of the work, its literary context, and its theology persist. Because of the Dead Sea Scrolls discoveries and advances in understanding the history of transmission, Daniel has found a new generation of scholars interested in its place in the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Collins and Flint have assembled a stellar international team to review the state of Danielic studies and the hot issues surrounding them. Of the thirty-two essays, only one has previously appeared. Articles on Second Temple Judaism, theology, apocalypticism, and the New Testament afford the foundational resources scholars require for doing their own detailed analysis. "Book of Daniel, Composition and Reception Vol. 1 & Vol. 2" are also available as set (ISBN 978 0 391 04137 0) This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2001.

Contents

PART ONE - GENERAL TOPICS

• Current Issues in the Study of Daniel / John J. Collins
• The Book of Daniel in Its Context / Michael A. Knibb

PART TWO - DANIEL IN ITS NEAR EASTERN MILIEU

• Scholars at the Oriental Court: The Figure of Daniel Against Its Mesopotamian Background / Karel Van Der Toorn
• The Mesopotamian Babylonian Background of Daniel 1-6 / Shalom Paul
• The Anzu Myth as Relevant Background for Daniel 7? / John Walton

PART THREE - ISSUES IN INTERPRETATION OF SPECIFIC PASSAGES

• The Visions of Daniel / Reinhard G. Kratz
• Allusions to Creation in Daniel 7 / Andre Lacocque
• Daniel 12 und die Auferstehung der Toten / Ernst Haag
• Daniel 3 and 6 in Early Christian Literature / Jan Willem Van Henten

PART FOUR - SOCIAL SETTING

• 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 Smith-Christopher

PART FIVE - LITERARY CONTEXT, INCLUDING QUMRAN

• The Writing of Daniel / Jan-Wim Wesselius
• The Solar Calendars of Daniel and Enoch / Gabriele Boccaccini
• The Daniel Tradition at Qumran / Peter W. Flint
• Daniel and Early Enoch Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Loren T. Stuckenbruck
• Possible Sources of the Book of Daniel / Esther Eshel
• Resurrection in the Daniel Tradition and Other Writings at Qumran / John Hobbins

PART SIX - RECEPTION IN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY

• Stages in the Canonization of the Book of Daniel / Klaus Koch
• The Book of Daniel and the Radical Political Critique of Empire. An Essay in Apocalyptic Hermeneutics / Christopher Rowland
• Die "vier Reiche" aus Daniel in der targumischen Literatur / Uwe Glessmer
• Daniel in the New Testament: Visions of God's Kingdom / Craig A. Evans
• The Danielic Son of Man in the New Testament / James D.G. Dunn
• Nebuchadnezzar's Madness (Daniel 4) in Syriac Literature / Matthias Henze

PART SEVEN - TEXTUAL HISTORY

• The Text of Daniel in the Qumran Scrolls / Eugene C. Ulrich
• The Textual History of Septuagint-Daniel and Theodotion-Daniel / Alexander A. Di Lella
• Syriac Daniel / Konrad D. Jenner

PART EIGHT - THE THEOLOGY OF DANIEL

• Daniel in the Context of Old Testament Theology / John Goldingay
• Theological Ethics in Daniel / John Barton
• Cult and Sacrifice in Daniel. The Tamid and the Abomination of Desolation / Johan Lust