Abstract
Socio-economic context(s) within which apocalyptic texts flourished during the inter-testamentary period
 
 Social contexts form the perspective or symbolic framework of interpretation in which texts are to be read and understood because these texts originated within these contexts. An important question in the research into Jewish apocalyptic texts which originated in the period from 200 BCE to 100 CE is: What were the socio-economic context or contexts within which these texts originated and functioned? Various answers have been given: Apocalyptic has been viewed as the result of the wisdom tradition, of a pessimistic view of history, as a continuation and discontinuation with prophecy, as a reinstitution of myth in Hebrew thinking, as a result of orientation to a symbolic universe oriented to a supernatural world, and as a sociological matrix of alienation. Today many researchers agree that the origins of apocalyptic can only be described in terms of each apocalypse itself, in the light of Jewish experience during the Seleucid and Hasmonean periods.
Highlights
Social contexts form the perspective or symbolic framework of interpretation in which texts are to be read and understood because these texts originated within these contexts
Die Daniëlboek se visioene (Dan 2:7-12) lui ’n Joodse belangstelling in apokaliptiek in wat die intertestamentêre periode kenmerk en ook in die Nuwe Testament neerslag vind.[1]
Hanson (1976:32) meld dat die onderskeidende faktor tussen profesie en apokaliptiek is of die toekomsvisie met die gebeure van die daaglikse lewe geïntegreer kan word, en of dit ’n radikale breuk met gewone geskiedenis benodig.[2]
Summary
Die Daniëlboek se visioene (Dan 2:7-12) lui ’n Joodse belangstelling in apokaliptiek in wat die intertestamentêre periode kenmerk en ook in die Nuwe Testament neerslag vind (bv in Mark 13; Op).[1]. Die vraag ontstaan: Wat was die sosio-ekonomiese konteks of kontekste waarbinne dié tekste ontstaan en gefunksioneer het? Die vraag is belangrik omdat die sosio-ekonomiese konteks ’n invloed op die ontstaan van nuwe denkrigtings uitoefen
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