The Book of Daniel and the Apocryphal Daniel Literature

by Lorenzo DiTommaso

This volume illuminates the full extent of the corpus of ancient and mediaeval apocryphal Daniel literature. It is the first study to examine the Daniel legenda, the apocryphal apocalypses, and the prognostica as discrete categories of texts and to evaluate their generic relationship to the biblical Book of Daniel. Special emphases include the identification of the texts and their manuscript evidence as well as the study of late antique and early...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004144129
• ISBN13: 9789004144125
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.7"