Ebook: The Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception

In this collection of essays, more than 30 leading scholars from Europe, North America and Israel examine the composition and reception of Daniel in eight sections: Review of scholarship and context; near Eastern milieu; interpretation of specific passages; social setting; literary context, including Qumran; reception in Judaism and Christianity; textual history; and theology of Daniel.
This is the second volume to appear (following Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah. Studies of an Interpretative Tradition) in the collection The Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature, part of the series Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Further volumes in preparation on the composition and reception of Old Testament books include Genesis, Leviticus, Kings, Psalms, and Proverbs.