Metal and Stone: An Analogy between the Story of David and Goliath (1 Sam 17) and the Story of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream (Dan 2)
The image that appears to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream, in which a colossal statue made from different metals is struck to the ground by a stone (Dan 2), creates an affinity between this story and that of David and Goliath (1 Sam 17). These two stories convey an identical message through the same symbo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2019, Volume: 131, Issue: 4, Pages: 631-635 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nebuchadnezzar II Babylonia, King -562 BC
/ David, Israel, König
/ Image
/ Dream
/ Bible. Daniel 2
/ Samuel
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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| Summary: | The image that appears to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream, in which a colossal statue made from different metals is struck to the ground by a stone (Dan 2), creates an affinity between this story and that of David and Goliath (1 Sam 17). These two stories convey an identical message through the same symbols. While the stone signifies the divine, the man-made metal symbolizes human might. Though this is a broad analogy, which includes both thematic and linguistic parallels, it has not yet received sufficient scholarly attention. This paper unravels the analogy, shedding new light on Daniel 2, its meaning and its purpose. |
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| ISSN: | 1613-0103 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zaw-2019-4009 |