Son of Man
Continuation of chapter 2, titled 'Daniel 7', in Son of Man: The Interpretation and Influence of Daniel 7, by Maurice Casey:
To be continued...
Continuation of chapter 2, titled 'Daniel 7', in Son of Man: The Interpretation and Influence of Daniel 7, by Maurice Casey:
Dequeker continues to adhere in general to Noth's analysis, but his opinion that 'Noth's surgical operation is too radical' only serves to underline the fact that the criteria which he uses for making decisions about authenticity and redaction are no less arbitrary than those of Noth. He is able to make only one effective point against earlier defenders of the unity of the book of Daniel, in that he does give a convincing outline of circumstances under which what he regards as the original substratum of Daniel 7 might have been written. For this purpose he makes use of mostly recent work on the 'opposition history' of the Hellenistic period. However, this general point demonstrates no more than that this kind of writing could have been done at an earlier period; it does not show that Daniel is actually based on an earlier literary source.
To be continued...
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