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.

The Elders and Susanna

The book of Daniel and the apocryphal Daniel literature

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Between Historical Truth and Story-Telling: The Twentieth-Century Fabrication of “Artemisia”

This article investigated the value of reader-response theory for the reading of apocryphal texts in the Septuagint. The groundbreaking work on reader-response theory developed by Wolfgang Iser in his book The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response , written in 1978 served as the theoretical point of departure. Although the reader-response theory has been scrutinised and criticised heavily during the last three decades, Iser made a very valuable contribution to the reading of literature. My assumption is that religious texts have to be read in the same way as other literature and therefore literary theories such as Iser’s can be conducive for responsible interpretation. The article consists of the following parts: introductory remarks on the value of reader-response theory for the interpretation of apocryphal texts; a short overview of reader-response criticism; a discussion and evaluation of three different aspects of Iser’s theory, namely ‘gaps’ in texts, ‘asymmetry’ between readers and texts and the concept of ‘the implied reader’. The findings of the investigation will be given in part five (Findings).

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One text, many stories: The (ir)relevance of reader-response criticism for apocryphal literature in the Septuagint

This article investigated the value of reader-response theory for the reading of apocryphal texts in the Septuagint. The groundbreaking work on reader-response theory developed by Wolfgang Iser in his book The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response, written in 1978 served as the theoretical point of departure. Although the reader-response theory has been scrutinised and criticised heavily during the last three decades, Iser made a very valuable contribution to the reading of literature. My assumption is that religious texts have to be read in the same way as other literature and therefore literary theories such as Iser's can be conducive for responsible interpretation. The article consists of the following parts: introductory remarks on the value of reader-response theory for the interpretation of apocryphal texts; a short overview of reader-response criticism; a discussion and evaluation of three different aspects of Iser's theory, namely 'gaps' in texts, 'asymmetry' between readers and texts and the concept of 'the implied reader'. The findings of the investigation will be given in part five (Findings).

One text, many stories : the (ir)relevance of reader-response criticism for apocryphal literature in the Septuagint : original research

This article explores the possibilities of the critical term ekphrasis as it is nowadays applied to the study of Golden Age Spanish literature. We study the appearance of the topic of Susanna and the Elders in Lope de Vega’s works, with a particular emphasis in a 1621 sonnet on the subject. After comparing Lope’s rendition of the biblical story to other versions by Italian, Flemish and Dutch painters of the time, we conclude that Lope’s sonnet is not only a moralistic satire, but a deep reflection on the nature of voyeurism, and its relationship to poetry and painting.

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The Elders and Susanna

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The book of Daniel and the apocryphal Daniel literature

Between Historical Truth and Story-Telling: The Twentieth-Century Fabrication of “Artemisia”

One text, many stories: The (ir)relevance of reader-response criticism for apocryphal literature in the Septuagint

One text, many stories : the (ir)relevance of reader-response criticism for apocryphal literature in the Septuagint : original research

‘Casta Susana’: el baño de Susana, voyeurismo y écfrasis en un soneto de Lope de Vega