Daniel in the Context of the Hebrew Bible
Pages
163
Publisher
Peter Lang
Published
2009
ISBN-13
9781433105395
Commentators have long set the book of Daniel within the context of world history and the genre of apocalyptic literature. The present volume argues that the primary context for the book is the composition of the Hebrew Bible as a whole. Daniel in the Context of the Hebrew Bible has implications for every major hermeneutical issue in Daniel including the four kingdoms, the son of man, and the prophecy of seventy sevens. In the final analysis, the Hebrew Bible and the book of Daniel are decidedly messianic, eschatological, and faith-oriented.
From the introduction: "This book is not the usual sort of commentary on the book of Daniel. If the reader would like a commentary that updates the bibliography, sets the book within the context of world history, or understands the book primarily in terms of its relationship to other texts of the so-called apocalyptic genre, then he or she already has many options from which to choose. The present work, however, seeks to read the book of Daniel within the context of the Hebrew Bible as a whole. It brings to the reader a concise yet detailed commentary precisely at its points of occurrence within the composition of the canon, helping the reader to appreciate the force of the book's inter-textual connections with the rest of the Hebrew Bible."
From the introduction: "This book is not the usual sort of commentary on the book of Daniel. If the reader would like a commentary that updates the bibliography, sets the book within the context of world history, or understands the book primarily in terms of its relationship to other texts of the so-called apocalyptic genre, then he or she already has many options from which to choose. The present work, however, seeks to read the book of Daniel within the context of the Hebrew Bible as a whole. It brings to the reader a concise yet detailed commentary precisely at its points of occurrence within the composition of the canon, helping the reader to appreciate the force of the book's inter-textual connections with the rest of the Hebrew Bible."