Daniel&#039;s Mysticism of Resistance in Its Seleucid Context

Timothy L. Seals

doi:10.5771/9781978713154

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In Daniel’s Mysticism of Resistance in Its Seleucid Context, Timothy L. Seals proffers a postcolonial interpretation of the book of Daniel, investigating certain texts that constitute Daniel’s mystical way or practice. Daniel uses mysticism to resist the repressive script of Antiochus IV outlawing the Jewish religion in 167 BCE. In his use of non-violence to resist the imperial power of the Seleucids, Daniel stands in the non-violent, passive-resistant tradition of both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Daniel uses mysticism both to resist imperial intrusions into his humanity and to decolonize his mind in the aftermath of colonization. In this endeavor, mysticism proves to be world-affirming.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1314-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1315-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 168
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
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1. Notes No access
1. Author No access
2. The Author’s Sources No access
3. Text No access
4. The Bilingual Nature of Daniel No access
5. Apocalyptic No access
6. Divination (Mantic Wisdom) No access
7. Temple No access
8. Kosher Text: Daniel 1:8–21 No access
9. Translation No access
10. Structural Analysis No access
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  4. Postcolonial Application No access
12. Notes No access
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  4. Daniel 10:1–5 No access
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  5. Prayer Texts: Daniel 2:17–23; Daniel 9: 4–19 No access
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1. Mysticism at Qumran No access
2. Daniel 7:1–14 No access
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1. Daniel 11:32–35 No access
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4. 1. DANIEL 11:2–12:4 No access
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  6. Daniel 12: 1–4 No access
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1. Abraham Abulafia No access
2. Marguerite Porete No access
3. Emir Abd el-Kader No access
4. Howard Thurman No access
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Conclusion No access Pages 143 - 146
Bibliography No access Pages 147 - 160
Index No access Pages 161 - 166
About the Author No access Pages 167 - 168