The Throne Visions of Daniel 7, 1 Enoch 14, and the Qumran Book of Giants (4Q530): An Analysis of Their Literary Relationship

Updated by: 
Asterios Kechagias
Research notes: 
reader checked 13/12/2011 AL
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Stokes, Ryan E.
year: 
2008
Full title: 

The Throne Visions of Daniel 7, 1 Enoch 14, and the Qumran Book of Giants (4Q530): An Analysis of Their Literary Relationship

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume: 
15
Issue / Series Volume: 
3
Pages: 
340-358
Abstract: 

In Dan 7:9-10, the apocalyptic seer narrates his vision of God's heavenly throne. According to most scholars, Daniel's vision account depends literarily on the supposedly more primitive visionary traditions found in 1 Enoch 14 and the Book of Giants of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Certain divergences in these traditions, however, reveal that it is in fact 1 Enoch 14 that depends on a vision account much like that found in Dan 7. The Book of Giants and Daniel, on the other hand, both seem to make use of a common tradition, each adapting it in a different way.

Alternative title: 
DSD
Hebrew bible: 
Book: 
Daniel
Chapter(s): 
7
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents: 
Scroll / Document: 
4Q530
Section type: 
Fragment
Passage: 
2 ii
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
1 Enoch
Passage: 
14
URL: 
http://brill.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/dsd/2008/00000015/00000003/art00002
Label: 
27/10/2008
Record number: 
10 254