Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Biblica
Angaben zur Quelle:
103,4 (2022) 525-535
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. History of contemporary events
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Middle East Historiography
Abstract:
Recent re-assessment of Akkadian historiographic sources prompts re-evaluation of the nature of historiography in Hellenistic Babylonia. Features in Daniel 3 and Daniel 5 find parallels in the historiographic writings from the recently identified circle of Hellenistic Babylonian historians. These shared features, including the narratives’ overall efforts to explain the shifts in imperial power and the ways in which they construct their stories about the past, are consistent with the motives of historical writing during the Hellenistic period.
DOI:
10.2143/BIB.103.4.3291466
URL:
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