Biography of a dream: a reception-historical study of the fourth beast in Daniel 7
Wirkungsgeschichte as a reception historical principle -- Daniel 7 as a Wirkungsgeschichte case study -- Reading Daniel 2 -- Cultural horizons within Levant literature -- Consequences of Daniel 7 in the Book of Revelation -- The fourth beast in Christian traditions -- Conclusions for further study.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Piscataway, NJ
Gorgias Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Perspectives on Hebrew scriptures and its contexts
34 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Revelation
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible. Daniel, VII Criticism, interpretation, etc B Apocalyptic Literature History and criticism |
| Summary: | Wirkungsgeschichte as a reception historical principle -- Daniel 7 as a Wirkungsgeschichte case study -- Reading Daniel 2 -- Cultural horizons within Levant literature -- Consequences of Daniel 7 in the Book of Revelation -- The fourth beast in Christian traditions -- Conclusions for further study. "The biblical apocalyptic books of Daniel and Revelation are, for better or worse, polarizing. Interpreters have long read and searched these books for clues about how their worlds will "end," which each new interpreter promising to have "unlocked" how Daniel and Revelation work together to uncover a divine plan for prophetic fulfillment. Redding uses the Vision of the Fourth Beast from Daniel 7 as a case study to consider how interpretations of texts take on lives of their own, eventually wedding interpretation with text and prompting the question: what even is a text? Is it what is on the page, something interpreters put there, or a combination of both? Starting with the literature of the Levant, this work traces the use of motifs, images, and themes through Daniel, Revelation, and into pre-Enlightenment Christian thinkers to consider hermeneutical trajectories that shaped (and continue to shape) how modern readers engage biblical apocalyptic literature"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1463242433 |