Daniel 10-12 als Schlüssel zum Buch

Is the final vision in the Book of Daniel a visionary look at the future or a review of history? This was a topic of controversy between Hieronymus and Prophyry. From the 18th century on, reading Daniel 10-12 as a historical source was seen alongside a fundamentalist understanding of the text. More recent studies of Antioch IV demonstrate the problems of a historical interpretation of the Daniel text. With the help of a literary approach, Regina Wildgruber shows that the final vision can be seen as a historical interpretation in the context of biblical theology. At the same time the text once more becomes plausible as a final vision of the Hebrew-Aramaic Book of Daniel.