CJS201H1 Lecture Notes - Intertextuality
Document Summary
Book of daniel: multi lingual, multi form text, written in hebrew and airmaic, language of the persian empire, court tales, dated later but set during the exile, a story of young judeans that were deported during babylonian exile, fictional. Hellenistic era: move from persian period to hellenistic era, alexander the great, rise of the maccabees, macedonian, great military leader, conquered large portion of the world, establishes cities in egypt, hellinization, the bringing of greek political and cultural institutions. The temple, theaters, greek educational system: jewish people start speaking greek, hanukkah observance, restoration of the temple after the rebellion, celebration of the dedication at the alter for 8 days, reconstituting the sacrificial worship, contemporary hanukkah observance. Menorah: daniel 7 12, the historical context, only festival celebrated that is not from the tenach, the seleucid greek empire and antiochus epiphanies iv, the genre of apocalypse.