THEO1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Antiochus Iii The Great, Pseudepigrapha, Hellenistic Period
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Placed in the christian bible like he is a prophet, but placed in the heb. Bible in the writings section and not considered to be a prophet. Never says this is the word of yhwh (prophetic canon) No direct speeches to the people only king habakkuk. Receives night visions from god but not about his present state. Christians like him as a prophet because he alludes to the messiah. More of a predictor than a prophet. King nb invites the nobility to come study with the chaldeans. Setting isn"t actually true - daniel"s stories come from the end of the persian period. Describes 6th centrue archetypal experience of diaphora though it was written in the. Questions come from the 6th century, but not addressed until the writing in the 4th. Daniel"s court tales answer the question about what it means to be a jew. Daniel is written in aramaic (language of the persian empire)
