The Book of Watchers and the Book of Daniel : Apocalypses Engaged in the Interpretation of the Canonical Torah

ISBN-13: 9783639127843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 264 str.

Chong-Hun Pae

Opis

My thesis is that apocalypticism is a response to the canonical Torah. I used canonical analysis, coming from B. S. Childs and J. A. Sanders, with the view that the authority lies in the dialogue between community and the text. The challenge of new revelation and the question about Moses authority caused the tension between Divine Presence tradition and Law tradition in the Canonical Torah to develop into the conflict between the Heavenly Ascent and Law traditions, which produced two early apocalypses. The Book of Watchers criticized the illegitimacy of the Second Temple and the impurity of the Jerusalem priesthood, and challenged the exclusivity of Moses authority with the Heavenly Ascent tradition. The Book of Daniel defended Moses authority, and suppressed the concept of Heavenly Ascent with the Law tradition under Moses authority by suggesting that new revelation is available to those who are faithful to the Law of Moses, or new revelation must be identified with the interpretation of the Law of Moses.

O autorze

He studied in Princeton Theological Seminary (Th. M.) and
Graduate Theological Union (Ph. D.). He is working as an
Associate Professor at Daejeon Theological College and Seminary
in South Korea.