Dreams, Riddles, and Visions: Textual, Contextual, and Intertextual Approaches to the Book of Daniel

by Michael Segal

Overview

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.

Die BZAW akzeptiert Manuskriptvorschläge, die einen innovativen und signifikanten Beitrag zu Erforschung des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt leisten, sich intensiv mit der bestehenden Forschungsliteratur auseinandersetzen, stringent aufgebaut und flüssig geschrieben sind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110389975
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	06/20/2016
Series:	Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , #455
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	21 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael Segal, Hebräische Universität Jerusalem, Israel.

Michael Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Table of Contents

0 Introduction 1

0.1 Divinely inspired Wisdom in Daniel 2

0.2 Textual Questions: Alternate Editions of Daniel 3

0.3 Intertextual Contexts: Daniel as Second Temple Literature 7

0.4 Exegetical Insights: Rereading the Book of Daniel 9

1 Introducing the Book of Daniel (Daniel 1) 13

1.1 The List of Instructions to Ashpenaz 15

1.2 How did God help Daniel vis-à-vis the $$$ 19

1.3 A Story within a Story 22

Appendix: The Third Year of Jehoiakim's Reign 26

2 Daniel as Interpreter of Dreams: The Literary Development of the Narrative in Daniel 2 32

2.1 Description of Daniel 2 32

2.2 Contradictions within Daniel 2 33

2.3 Divine Names as Supporting Evidence for Different Sources 37

2.4 A More Precise Source Division 41

2.5 Daniel as an "Improved" Joseph 48

2.6 Possible Origin of the Addition 51

3 Rereading the Writing on the Wall (Daniel 5) 55

3.1 They Could Not Read the Writing 55

3.2 The Riddle of the Writing 68

3.3 The Narrativization of Prophecy 79

3.4 Conclusions 93

4 The Textual and Literary Development of Daniel 4 94

4.1 The Structure of MT Daniel 4 96

4.2 Secondary Elements in MT Daniel 4 102

4.2.1 Daniel 4:3-7a,15 102

4.2.2 Daniel 4:13a 104

4.2.3 Daniel 4:14b 108

4.3 Secondary Elements in OG 109

4.3.1 Solving an Interpretive Crux - "in fetters of iron and bronze" 109

4.3.2 The Date of the Story 115

4.3.3 Additional Secondary Elements in OG 119

4.4 Summary Remarks on the Relationship between MT and OG 124

4.5 Does the Old Greek reflect a Semitic Vorlage? Evidence from a Parabiblical Composition 126

4.6 Conclusions 131

5 Reconsidering the Theological Background of Daniel 7 132

5.1 The Literary Unity of Daniel 7 132

5.2 Identifying the "One like a Man" 134

5.3 Translating and Identifying ()$$$ 139

5.4 Eschatological Biblical Interpretation: Establishing YHWH'S Portion 144

5.5 Daniel 7 and the Other Apocalypses in Daniel: Daniel 7:25 150

5.6 Theological Worldview or Literary Appropriation? 153

6 The Chronological Conception of the Persian Period in Daniel 9 155

6.1 Introduction: Chronology in Daniel 9 - The Interpretive Consensus 155

6.2 A New Interpretation of Daniel 9 157

6.2.1 Darius the Mede - Historiography as Exegesis 159

6.2.2 Daniel's Reading of Jeremiah 162

6.2.3 Gabriel's Response to Daniel's Prayer 165

6.2.4 A "Proto-Rabbinic" Chronological Conception in Daniel 9? Towards a "New" Identification of the $$$ 171

6.3 Conclusions 178

7 Rethinking Jewish Life in the Diaspora: The Story of Susanna 180

7.1 Placement and Function of the Story of Susanna: Preliminary Considerations 181

7.2 The Interpretive Background of Susanna: Isaiah 2:3 Recontextualized 184

7.2.1 Isaiah 2:1-4 185

7.2.2 Isaiah 51:3-5 187

7.2.3 Yerusnalmi Sanhedrin 1:2 (18d-19a) 189

7.3 Susanna- 193

7.3.1 Shared Elements 196

7.3.2 Contrasting Elements 196

7.4 Conclusions 198

8 Conclusion 200

8.1 New Interpretive Insights into the Book of Daniel 200

8.2 Daniel as Early Jewish Interpretation 201

8.3 Interpretive Techniques in Daniel 202

8.3.1 Literary Modelling of Characters 202

8.3.2 Chronological Interpretation 203

8.3.3 Eschatological Interpretation 205

8.3.4 Ideological Interpretation 206

8.3.5 Narrativizatiort 207

8.4 The Use of Textual Witnesses as Evidence for Literary Growth 208

8.5 The Literary Development of Daniel 210

8.6 Implications for the Literary Structure of Daniel 211

Index of Modern Authors 229

Index of Ancient Texts 233

Editorial Reviews

"L’opera è di valore e di grande interesse, fornendo acute osservazioni testuali ed ermeneutiche innovative ben argomentate. L’autore, che da anni si dedica allo studio di Dn, riesce a incrementare la conoscenza del testo sia penetrandone i dettagli più complessi sia offrendo un quadro complessivo della sua genesi e della sua forma attuale."
Marco Settembrini in: Gregorianum, Vol. 99 (2018) Fasc. I, 174-176

"Eine Bibliographie (214–228) sowie Indizes (229–250) beenden die interessante Studie, die für die Forschung weiterführende Aspekte für das Verständnis des Danielbuches herausarbeitet und sicherlich auch für neue wissenschaftliche Diskussionen sorgen wird [...]"
Beate Ego in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ZAW 2017; 129(3): 475

"Segal hat in seiner Studie, die durch philologische und literarhistorische Genauigkeit und Innovation besticht, isbesondere methodisch neue Wege der Daniel-Interpretation aufgezeigt."
Stefan Beyerle in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 143.5 (2018), 467-472

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