Abstract:

In Dan 7:9-10, the apocalyptic seer narrates his vision of God's heavenly throne. According to most scholars, Daniel's vision account depends literarily on the supposedly more primitive visionary traditions found in 1 Enoch 14 and the Book of Giants of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Certain divergences in these traditions, however, reveal that it is in fact 1 Enoch 14 that depends on a vision account much like that found in Dan 7. The Book of Giants and Daniel, on the other hand, both seem to make use of a common tradition, each adapting it in a different way.

Keywords: BOOK OF GIANTS; BOOK OF WATCHERS; DANIEL; ENOCH; HEAVENLY COURT; SON OF MAN; THRONE; VISION

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/156851708X304877

Affiliations: 1: 3267 Cave Springs Ave., Bowling Green, KY 42104, USA ryan. stokes@yale. edu