Daniel’s Four Kingdoms Schema: A History of Re-writing World History

Twice in the book of Daniel (chs. 2 and 7), a fourfold pattern summarizes the history of the world as a succession of gentile kingdoms that derive their sovereignty from Yhwh. This “four-kingdom schema” has proven to be one of the most influential time structuring devices of the past three millennia...

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Main Author: Breed, Brennan W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2017]
In: Interpretation
Year: 2017, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 178-189
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Azariah
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Summary:Twice in the book of Daniel (chs. 2 and 7), a fourfold pattern summarizes the history of the world as a succession of gentile kingdoms that derive their sovereignty from Yhwh. This “four-kingdom schema” has proven to be one of the most influential time structuring devices of the past three millennia. This article uses “schema theory,” a tool developed in the modern discipline of psychology, to analyze the four-kingdoms schema. An overview of the reception history of this schema provides evidence for how and why it continues to function even in contemporary political discourse.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964316688051