Of Courtiers and Kings

Of Courtiers and Kings: the biblical Daniel narratives and ancient story-collections is a scholarly examination of the biblical Book of Daniel. This volume 1 work applies an innovative approach to biblical criticism and interpretation by analyzing the text through the lens of ancient story-collections. By comparing Daniel 6-4 with Ancient Near East materials, specifically Egyptian court tales, the author provides fresh insights into the literary traditions of the Old Testament prophets.

This study of the Bible and antiquity redefines compositional history and textual criticism. It suggests that divergent texts in the Masoretic and Greek editions are variant tellings of a common core rather than simple translations. By placing the Daniel narratives within a wider literary milieu, including the Egypt Demotic corpus and Qumran, the book advances the academic understanding of how these biblical stories were composed and transmitted.