The Book of Daniel and the Apocryphal Daniel Literature

by Lorenzo DiTommaso

This volume illuminates the full extent of the corpus of ancient and mediaeval apocryphal Daniel literature. It is the first study to examine the Daniel legenda, the apocryphal apocalypses, and the prognostica as discrete categories of texts and to evaluate their generic relationship to the biblical Book of Daniel. Special emphases include the identification of the texts and their manuscript evidence as well as the study of late antique and early mediaeval apocalyptic literature attributed to Daniel. This volume will be of particular interest to biblical scholars and to those who specialise in biblical apocrypha and pseudepigrapha.

548 pages, Hardcover

First published May 18, 2005

About the author

Lorenzo DiTommaso, Ph.D. (Religious Studies, McMaster University, 2002), is Professor, Religions and Cultures, at Concordia University, Montréal. Dr. DiTommaso's research focuses on apocalyptic speculation in all its forms and in every culture, from the ancient world to the present day.