Aramaic Daniel: a textual reconstruction of chapters 1-7
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
| Subtitles: | A Textual Reconstruction of Chapters 1–7 |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | Reconstructing the Original Text of Daniel 1–7 (2025) (Tsolin, Dmytro V., 1973 -)
[Rezension von: Suchard, Benjamin, 1988-, Aramaic Daniel : a textual reconstruction of chapters 1-7] (2025) (Moore, Paul) |
| Series/Journal: | Studia Semitica Neerlandica
volume 73 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Authors, Texts, Literature
B Christians & Jews B Languages and Linguistics B Biblical Studies B Literature & Linguistics B Afro-Asiatic Languages B Ancient Near East and Egypt B Jewish Studies B Middle East and Islamic Studies |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | 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 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 9789004521308 9789004521292 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004521308 |