The Two Eschatological Perspectives of the Book of Daniel
The revelatory traditions found in chs. 2,7-12 of the book of Daniel are exceptional in connecting the historical circumstances pertaining to the persecution under Antiochus IV Epiphanes with the eschatological hopes of the Hebrew Bible. We will argue that the nature of this connection
is twofold. On the one hand, for the redactor who gave the book of Daniel its canonical form, the distress associated with Antiochus was the distress associated with the last days. On the other hand, for the original composers of the book of Daniel, the distress associated with Antiochus was
only a precursor to the distress associated with the last days. Finally, we will apply the insights gained from making this argument to the question of the book of Daniel’s composition.
Keywords: Daniel; composition; eschatology; redaction criticism; seventy weeks
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Rice University, 9302 N 95th East Place, Owasso, OK, 74055
Publication date: 02 January 2016
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