Is Daniel 11:1-19 Based on a Ptolemaic Narrative?

Updated by: 
Oz Tamir
Research notes: 
OT/not checked/02/08/2020
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Scolnic, Benjamin Edidin
year: 
2014
Full title: 

Is Daniel 11:1-19 Based on a Ptolemaic Narrative?

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Volume: 
45
Issue / Series Volume: 
2
Abbreviated Series Name: 
JSJ
Pages: 
157-184
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

Daniel 11 is considered an exceptional Biblical text because of its interest in and accuracy about historical and political events in the Hellenistic world. A recent theory suggests that the author was a former Seleucid scribe; another theory posits the use of a Ptolemaic propaganda document. The approach here will be inductive, reading out from the text to adduce evidence that the author of Daniel 11 either used or reflected the attitudes of Ptolemaic narrative, not necessarily because he was pro-Ptolemaic but because it suited his anti-Antiochene purpose.

URL: 
https://brill.com/view/journals/jsj/45/2/article-p157_1.xml
Record number: 
107 064