The Danielic discourse on empire in Second Temple literature
"In The Danielic Discourse on Empire in Second Temple Literature, Alexandria Frisch asks: how did Jews in the Second Temple period understand the phenomenon of foreign empire? In answering this question, a remarkable trend reveals itself--the book of Daniel, which situates its narrative in an i...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of Judaism |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2016
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Journal for the study of Judaism (176)
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Frisch, Alexandria, The Danielic discourse on empire in Second Temple literature] (2018) (Newsom, Carol Ann, 1950 -)
The Danielic Discourse on Empire inSecond Temple Literature (2018) (Rösel, Martin, 1961 -) |
| Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of Judaism Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism
176 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Azariah
/ Imperialism
/ Kingdom of God
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| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Daniel
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B Thesis B Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | "In The Danielic Discourse on Empire in Second Temple Literature, Alexandria Frisch asks: how did Jews in the Second Temple period understand the phenomenon of foreign empire? In answering this question, a remarkable trend reveals itself--the book of Daniel, which situates its narrative in an imperial context and apocalyptically envisions empires, was overwhelmingly used by Jewish writers when they wanted to say something about empires. This study examines Daniel, as well as antecedents to and interpretations of Daniel, in order to identify the diachronic changes in perceptions of empire during this period. Oftentimes, this Danielic discourse directly reacted to imperial ideologies, either copying, subverting, or adapting those ideologies. Throughout this study, postcolonial criticism, therefore, provides a hermeneutical lens through which to ask a second question: in an imperial context, is the Jewish conception of empire actually Jewish?"-- |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record$lvolume 176 |
| ISBN: | 9004331298 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004331310 |