The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar (1999 Henze), book

The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar: The Ancient Near Eastern Origins and Early History of Interpretation of Daniel 4 (1999) is a book by Matthias Henze.

Editions and translations

Published in Leiden: Brill, 1999 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 61).

Table of contents

• Introduction
• 1. The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar: The Literary History of Legend
• 2. The Babylonian Prehistory of Nebuchadnezzar's Madness
• 3. To the Bottom of the Pit: Nebuchadnezzar's Madness in Early Rabbinic Exegesis
• 4. From Divine Disgrace to Exemplary Penitence: Nebuchadnezzar's Madness in Early Syriac Literature
  • Excursus: Nebuchadnezzar's Madness in the Christian West: Hippolytus of Rome and Tertullian
• Conclusion and Epilogue
• Appendix I: Daniel at Qumran
  • Authoritative Literature at Qumran: The Case of Daniel
• Appendix II: Daniel 4 in the MT and the Old Greek
• Appendix III: Jacob of Serug (451-521). A Homily on Daniel 4

Reviews

• 2002 - Review of Biblical Literature / Bob Becking / [http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=1460&CodePage=1791,2407,5169,5354,3122,7299,7181,6927,927,5628,1907,3954,1616,1556,4505,1460,2187,2112,5301,5659 (online)

External links

• Google Books (partial text)