Son of Man
Continuation of chapter 2, titled 'Daniel 7', in Son of Man: The Interpretation and Influence of Daniel 7, by Maurice Casey:
To be continued...
Continuation of chapter 2, titled 'Daniel 7', in Son of Man: The Interpretation and Influence of Daniel 7, by Maurice Casey:
Daniel 7 is somewhat different. The dreamer is the main hero, whose character and attainments are so clear that it is no surprise to find him too dreaming dreams. All that is necessary is therefore a statement that he did so on a particular occasion, and some sort of conclusion (Daniel 7.1, 28). A story is not necessary on grounds of context, because the general setting is already clear enough and the point is the dream and its interpretation, and a story is not necessary on grounds of form because the author's ideas of form were not as rigid as that. To get his chiastic structure he needed another dream of the four kingdoms and the Jewish triumph, together with its interpretation, and this is what he supplied; to a natural story-teller it did not matter that he had put a good story round the first dream and interpretation.
To be continued...
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