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- Title
Metal and Stone: An Analogy between the Story of David and Goliath (1 Sam 17) and the Story of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream (Dan 2).
- Authors
Golan, Naama
- Abstract
The image that appears to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream, in which a colossal statue made from different metals is struck to the ground by a stone (Dan 2), creates an affinity between this story and that of David and Goliath (1 Sam 17). These two stories convey an identical message through the same symbols. While the stone signifies the divine, the man-made metal symbolizes human might. Though this is a broad analogy, which includes both thematic and linguistic parallels, it has not yet received sufficient scholarly attention. This paper unravels the analogy, shedding new light on Daniel 2, its meaning and its purpose.
- Subjects
NEBUCHADNEZZAR II, King of Babylonia, d. 562 B.C.; BIBLICAL literalism; ACCURACY of the Bible; BIBLICAL studies; BIBLE. Psalms
- Publication
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2019, Vol 131, Issue 4, p631
- ISSN
0044-2526
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/zaw-2019-4009