published_or_final_version / Chinese Language and Literature / Master / Master of Arts

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Freiburg i. Br. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-281).

Thesis (doctoral)--Tübingen, 1982. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record.

In the following paper I will attempt to define the genre of Daniel 2 according to its dream characteristics. To demonstrate that this literary style is not unique to Daniel 2 but was widespread in the ancient near east over a long period of time, I will survey what I believe to be parallel dream narratives from the Old Testament as well as from Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, and Egyptian texts. The numerous similarities of these narratives will not only provide a sufficient base for positing a dream genre, but will also clarify the fundamental theme of Daniel 2 which has many times been cluttered or overlooked by its identification with other overlapping genres. By including details from most of the dream narratives of antiquity, I believe it will become clear that Daniel 2 is not so much about wisdom, courts, or even an apocalypse, so much as it is about the acknowledgement of an ultimate power who is omniscient and lord over kingdoms past and future.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1977. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-210). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1924. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1977. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-210).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1989.