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Isho‛dad of Merv : Commentary on Daniel / T. Schmidt.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity ; 62Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (125 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781463242794
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- ISHO‘DAD OF MERV: COMMENTARY ON DANIEL -- INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES
Summary: Ishoʿdad of Merv’s (fl. 850 AD) Commentary on Daniel provides an important witness to East Syriac exegetical technique. In it Ishoʿdad typically emphasizes an historical reading of the Old Testament above any kind of allegorical, spiritual, or even Christological interpretation. Most notable is Ishoʿdad’s belief that the Maccabees fulfilled several of the visions described in the book of Daniel, even including the Heavenly Kingdom of Daniel chapters 2, 7, and 8, and the physical resurrection of Daniel 12. These interpretations dramatically depart from most eastern and western commentators who considered Daniel’s visions to portend the rise of the Roman Empire and the advent of Christ. Ishoʿdad’s commentary is translated here into English for the first time.

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- ISHO‘DAD OF MERV: COMMENTARY ON DANIEL -- INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES

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Ishoʿdad of Merv’s (fl. 850 AD) Commentary on Daniel provides an important witness to East Syriac exegetical technique. In it Ishoʿdad typically emphasizes an historical reading of the Old Testament above any kind of allegorical, spiritual, or even Christological interpretation. Most notable is Ishoʿdad’s belief that the Maccabees fulfilled several of the visions described in the book of Daniel, even including the Heavenly Kingdom of Daniel chapters 2, 7, and 8, and the physical resurrection of Daniel 12. These interpretations dramatically depart from most eastern and western commentators who considered Daniel’s visions to portend the rise of the Roman Empire and the advent of Christ. Ishoʿdad’s commentary is translated here into English for the first time.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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