Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004521308
,
9789004521292
Series Statement:
Studia Semitica Neerlandica 73
Content:
This book investigates the literary and textual development of the book of Daniel, especially the six court tales and the Four Beasts apocalypse, based on comparison of ancient manuscripts and versions and internal reconstruction
Content:
The first half of the book of Daniel contains world-famous stories like the Writing on the Wall. These stories have mostly been transmitted in Aramaic, not Hebrew, as has the influential apocalypse of Daniel 7. This Aramaic corpus shows clear signs of multiple authorship. Which different textual layers can we tease apart, and what do they tell us about the changing function of the Danielic material during the Second Temple Period? This monograph compares the Masoretic Text of Daniel to ancient manuscripts and translations preserving textual variants. By highlighting tensions in the reconstructed archetype underlying all these texts, it then probes the tales’ prehistory even further, showing how Daniel underwent many transformations to yield the book we know today
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Aramaic Daniel : A Textual Reconstruction of Chapters 1–7 Leiden : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9789004521292
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004521308
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