Poot, S.J.
(2020)
The Prophecies of the Book of Daniel and their Use in Judaean and Christian Responses to the Destruction of the Temple in AD 70.
Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
Abstract
Summary: As long as humanity has existed, it has been flirting with the notion of the end of the world. Both the Jewish and Christian scriptures include apocalyptic texts, which have been interpreted differently in various time periods. The Book of Daniel is one of them and it has been used for predictions since it was finished in the second century BC until the present-day. This thesis investigates how the prophecies of the Book of Daniel were originally meant, but especially how they were applied in Judaean and Christian responses to the destruction of the Jewish Temple in AD 70. The Judaean side consists of 1 Maccabees, 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and The Antiquities by Flavius Josephus. The Christian perspective will be shown through the Gospels, Revelation, and some of the Early Church Fathers, such as Irenaeus of Lyon, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus, Justus Africanus, and Eusebius.
| Type: |
Thesis
(Master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Mason, S.N. | | Faculteit GGW, OT en Vroeg Jodendom | S.Mason@rug.nl |
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation |
| Academic year: |
2019-2020 |
| Date of delivery: |
27 Nov 2020 11:49 |
| Last modified: |
27 Nov 2020 11:49 |
| URI: |
https://ggw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/553 |
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