The Danielic discourse on empire in Second Temple literature / by Alexandria Frisch.

"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...

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Main Author: Frisch, Alexandria (Author)
Other title:Danielic discourse on empire in 2nd Temple literature
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 176.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part 1. Before Daniel. 2. The hegemonic view of the Persian Empire
  • 3. A new Greek imperial mythology
  • Part 2. The Book of Daniel. 4. Daniel and empire
  • 5. Daniel, empire, and God
  • Part 3. Danielic discourses. 6. The Danielic discourse in the Hellenistic period
  • 7. The Danielic discourse in the early Roman Period
  • 8. The Danielic discourse after the fall of Jerusalem
  • 9. Conclusion.