Daniel, with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature (Forms of the Old Testament Literature) by John Joseph Collins (PDF)

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Daniel, with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literture is Volume XX of The Forms of the Old Testament Literature, a series that aims to present a form-critical analysis of every book and each unit in the Hebrew Bible. Fundamentally exegetical, the FOTL volumes examine the structure, genre, setting, and intention of the biblical literature in question. They also study the history behind the form-critical discussion of the material, attempt to bring consistency to the terminology for the genres and formulas of the biblical literature, and expose the exegetical process so as to enable students and pastors to engage in their own analysis and interpretation of the Old Testament texts. In his introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature, John J. Collins examines the main characteristics and discusses the setting and intention of apocalyptic literature. Collins begins his discussion of Daniel with a survey of the book’s anomalies and an examination of the bearing of form criticism on them. He goes on to discuss the book’s place in the canon and the problems with its coherence and bilingualism. Collins’s section-by-section commentary provides a structural analysis (verse-by-verse) of each section, as well as discussion of its genre, setting, and intention. The book includes bibliographies and a glossary of genres and formulas that offers concise definitions with examples and bibliography.

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Editorial Reviews: Review George Nickelsburg — The University of Iowa “Using the best and most recent scholarship on apocalyptic literature, Collins places the Book of Daniel in a fresh perspective.” About the Author John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School and a recognized expert in early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls. His many other works include The Apocalyptic Imagination, Beyond the Qumran Community, The Scepter and the Star, and (with Daniel C. Harlow) The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This is an excellent book, the first section I clearly explain the Apocalypses literature, the section containing the exegesis of Daniel are very clear and easy to understand.

⭐The book was delivered quickly and without any hassle.

⭐The information presented by Collins when the book was published in 1984 was already out of date, since around the mid- to late 1960s, with many of the arguments rooted in the pre-Dead Sea Scrolls and pre-Elephantine Papyri era. Some examples: pp. 28-30 he asserts Daniel chapters 1-6 were composed in the Maccabean period, maintaining that Daniel chapter 7 was written just prior to December 167 BC. This is far off the consensus of modern Aramaic scholarship (following E.Y. Kutscher and K.A. Kitchen) which recognizes these chapters as an example of Imperial Aramaic (in use from 700 BC and 300 BC), and does not hold it as a plausible work of the Maccabean period. This portion of the book itself is now recognized as being far more similar to the 5th century Elephantine papyri. Being centuries in his premise, from which he bases the bulk of his arguments and commentary, means the bulk of Collins arguments fall flat.He paints things in very broad assertions, and he is prone to state his opinions as facts. In major places also he is just flat wrong. On p. 41 he calls the recitation of Belshazzar as “king” a mistake. But the cuneiform documents discovered well prior in the last century clearly note that Belshazzar was entrusted with the “kingship of Babylon” by his father Nabonidus. On p. 45, Collins seems completely oblivious to the fact that Daniel uses Babylonian accession year reckoning, whereas the pre-exilic books of Jeremiah and 2 Kings used non-accession reckoning, and basis his statements on wrong information. This creates another problem on p. 51 when he comes to the “2nd year of Nebuchadnezzar,” not recognizing that the first year of a king until new year was called his “accession year,” not his first, and the first year after the accession year became year 1–so that his “second year” was actually his third as king. On p. 70 he cites the now outdated argument that the Greek words place Daniel in the Hellenistic Period. This is no longer considered accurate, and probably has not since Yamauchi’s “Greece and Babylon” was published in 1967–seventeen years prior! One of the words he notes was first attested in the second century was actually attested to in the fifth.All these issues were dealt with by leading Assyriologists and Aramaists in print even before this book was published. His follow-up in 1993 Hermeneia does very little to update his research. As such, I don’t recommend this book to those looking for a serious, up-to-date and accurate critical commentary.

⭐The book is not deep at all and is just an overview. It makes assumptions and runs with them for the sake of brevity.

⭐This order was very good. I recieved the book on time and it was in correct condition for my use. Thanks for the help.

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