The Concept of Canonical Intertextuality and the Book of Daniel

An examination of the Masoretic Text of Daniel, using intertextuality and canon criticism to explore its interconnections with other sources.

Scheetz undertakes to make the concepts of intertextuality and canon criticism more comprehensible in the field of biblical studies. This volume is a combination of, on one hand, an observation of intertextuality, canon criticism, inner-biblical exegesis, intratextuality and kanonische intertextuelle Lektüre and, on the other hand, an inductive study of the Masoretic Text of Daniel, of its connections with other texts of the Hebrew Bible, and of clear passages in the Greek text of the New Testament. Scheetz uses the Masoretic Text of Daniels as an appropriate testing ground through the medium of its multilingual character, its diverging placement in various biblical canons, and its concrete citations in some texts of the New Testament. The end result of this study is a theory of canonical intertextuality unique in its definition in relation to the theories investigated, as well as in its application to an entire biblical book and to other texts in the Old and New Testaments.

Jordan M. Scheetz is Chair of Biblical and Exegetical Studies, and Associate Professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature at Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands.