LEADER 04231oam 22006494a 450 001 9910828943403321 005 20220201161611.0 010 $a1-57506-869-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575068695 035 $a(CKB)2550000001151059 035 $a(EBL)3155690 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001062403 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11573796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001062403 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11018343 035 $a(PQKB)10123490 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155690 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10784050 035 $a(OCoLC)922991810 035 $a(DE-B1597)584384 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575068695 035 $a(OCoLC)868971288 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79471 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155690 035 $a(OCoLC)1253313156 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001151059 100 $a20150709d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOf Courtiers and Kings$eThe Biblical Daniel Narratives and Ancient Story-Collections /$fby Tawny L. Holm 210 1$aWinona Lake, Indiana :$cEisenbrauns,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013. 215 $a1 online resource (594 p.) 225 0 $aExplorations in ancient Near Eastern civilizations ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57506-260-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aIntroduction -- The story-collection genre: survey and prospect -- The story-collection and related material in antiquity -- The book of Daniel in light of the story-collection genre -- The book of Daniel in light of ancient Near Eastern story-collections and related material -- Conclusions. 330 $aWhen Daniel is studied in the context of story-collections and kindred compositions from the Ancient Near Eastern and neighboring literatures, new light is shed on the literary traditions and processes from which the Daniel stories arose. There are a greater number of court tales and cycles than previously recognized, as in the case of Qumran but also the Egypt Demotic corpus. The detailed discussion of all these materials allows us to appreciate the Book of Daniel in a much wider literary milieu and it furthers our understanding of the history of its composition and early transmission. -- Publisher. 330 $aSetting Daniel against an explicit definition of the story-collection genre redefines a vast array of questions concerning textual criticism, compositional history, and the overall nature of the book. For instance, the divergent texts of the narrative parts of Daniel (the Masoretic text and the Greek editions in Theodotion and the Septuagint) now need to be described in part as variant editions, or tellings, of a common core material, rather than as translations of older written texts with clearly traceable genealogies. 330 $aHolm's book is an innovative approach to the biblical Book of Daniel. It places Daniel against the background of story-collections, an ancient genre that began in Egypt in the mid-second millennium B.C.E. This work focuses on Daniel 1-6 and provides detailed comparisons with specific bodies of story-collections and other related material from the Ancient Near East. In this regard, special attention is given to Egyptian court tales, a large corpus mostly neglected by previous biblical scholars. Thus, this book brings new evidence and fresh insights to the field of Daniel studies, which in recent years has generated constant interest, especially as it pertains to textual issues and literary matters. 410 0$aExplorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations 606 $aFables$xHistory and criticism$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 606 $aMiddle Eastern literature, Ancient$xHistory and criticism$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 615 7$aFables$xHistory and criticism 615 7$aMiddle Eastern literature, Ancient$xHistory and criticism 676 $a224/.506 700 $aHolm$b Tawny$f1966-$01706525 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828943403321 996 $aOf Courtiers and Kings$94093993 997 $aUNINA