The Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception. Volumes I and II as a set.

Octavos, paperbound, xxii, 290 pp. + xxiv, 291-769 pp., cumulative bibliography, indexes John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament at Yale University. He has published widely on apocalypticism and Hellenistic Judaism.Peter W. Flint is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity Western University in Canada. He has published widely on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Psalms, and the Septuagint. Even though the earlier debates of the twentieth century have subsided, questions concerning the composition and genre of Daniel, the social setting of the work, its literary context, and its theology persist. Because of the Dead Sea Scrolls discoveries and advances in understanding the history of transmission, Daniel has found a new generation of scholars interested in its place in the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Collins and Flint have assembled a stellar international team to review the state of Danielic studies and the hot issues surrounding them. Of the thirty-two essays, only one has previously appeared. Articles on Second Temple Judaism, theology, apocalypticism, and the New Testament afford the foundational resources scholars require for doing their own detailed analysis. Articles in Volume I are "Curretn Issues in the Study of Daniel," John J. Collins, "The Book of Daniel in Its Context," Michael A. Knibb, "Scholars at the Oriental Court: The Figure of Daniel Against Its Mesopotamian Background," Karel Van Der Toorn, "The Mesopotamian Babylonian Background of Daniel 1-6," Shalom Paul, "The Anzu Myth as Relevant Background for Daniel 7?" John Walton, "The Visions of Daniel," Reinhard G. Kratz, "Allusions to Creation in Daniel 7," Andre Lacocque, "Daniel 12 und die Auferstehung der Toten," Ernst Haag, "Daniel 3 and 6 in Early Christian Literature," Jan Willem Van Henten, "The Sopcial Setting of the Aramiac and Hebrew Book of Daniel," Rainer Albertz, "The Book of Daniel and Its Social Setting," Stefan Beyerle, "A Dan(iel) for All Seasosns: For Whom was Daniel Important?" Lester L. Grabbe, "The Scribal School of Daniel," Philip Davies, "Prayers and Dreams: Power and Diaspora Identites in the Social Setting of the Daniel Tales," Dnaiel Smith-Christopher. Articles in Volume II are "The Writing of Daniel," Jan-Wim Wesselius, "The Solar Calendars of Daniel and Enoch," Gabrielle Boccaccini, "The Daniel Tradition at Qumran," Peter Flint, "Daniel and Early Enoch Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls," Loren Stuckenbruck, "Possible Sources of the Book of Daniel," Esther Eshel, "Resurrection in the Daniel Tradition and Other Writings at Qumran," John Robbins, "Stages in the Canonization of the Book of Daniel," Klaus Koch, "The Book of Daniel and the Radical Political Critique of Empire. An Essay in Apocalyptic Hermeneutics," Christopher Rowland, "Die 'vier Reiche' aus Daniel in der targumischen Literatur," Uwe Glessmer, "Daniel in the New Testament: Vixions of God's Kingdom," Craig A. Evans, "The Danielic Son of Man in the New Testament," James D.G. Dunn, "Nebuchadnezzar's Madness (Daniel 4) in Syriac Literature," Matthias Henze, "The Text of Daniel in the Qumran Scrolls," Eugene Ulrich, "The Textual History of Septuagint-Daniel and Theodotion-Daniel," Alexander A. Di Lemmi, OFM, "Syriac Daniel," Konrad D. Jenner, "Daniel in the Context of Old Testament Theology," John Goldingay, "Theological Ethics in Daniel," John Barton, "Cult and Sacrifice in Daniel. The Tamid and the Abomination of Desolation," Johan Lust.