But the Wise Shall Understand

Reuse of Prophecies, Chronotope, and Merging of Eschatological Horizons in Daniel 10-12

by Felipe A. Masotti

Book cover: But the Wise Shall Understand

Extent: 414 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Classical Studies, World Archaeology

Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2025)

ISBN: 9783161634024

6.06 x 9.09 inches

Price: $137.00

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Felipe A. Masotti demonstrates how the closely related phenomena of literary reuse of prophecies and time-space representation are employed in Daniel 10-12 to describe the ultimate end. Adopting Bakhtin’s chronotope concept, Masotti shows how prophetic texts from Numbers, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Habakkuk are strategically reused to build a narratological architecture emphasizing the eschatological expectancy of an impending divine intervention. This volume illustrates how Daniel 10-12 creates a tension between conservatism and innovation regarding older eschatological expectations. Consequently, it unveils how the chronotopical architecture of Daniel 10-12 grounds a theology of God’s sovereignty over classical prophetic time, and how the merging of eschatological horizons between its apocalyptic discourse and the reused prophecies is intentionally achieved through textual saturation.

  • By (author) Felipe A Masotti