Commentary on Daniel

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Commentary on Daniel is an early Christian exegetical work by Hippolytus of Rome that offers one of the earliest surviving patristic interpretations of the biblical Book of Daniel, especially its apocalyptic themes.

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instanceOf Christian theological work
biblical commentary
early Christian exegetical work
patristic text
aimsTo encourage persecuted Christians
explain prophetic symbolism
associatedWith literalist eschatology
millenarian expectations
author Hippolytus of Rome NERFINISHED
biblicalCanonContext Old Testament NERFINISHED
citedIn histories of biblical interpretation
studies of early Christian millenarianism
dateWritten circa 204 CE
focusesOn apocalyptic themes
eschatology
prophecy
genre commentary
historicalContext persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire
influenced later Christian apocalyptic exegesis
interprets Daniel 2 NERFINISHED
Daniel 7
Daniel 8
Daniel 9 NERFINISHED
Son of Man imagery
figure of the Antichrist
visions of four kingdoms
language Greek
notableFor earliest surviving Christian commentary on Daniel
early patristic interpretation of apocalyptic passages
historical-eschatological reading of Daniel
partOf corpus of Hippolytus of Rome NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin Rome NERFINISHED
preservedIn Greek manuscript tradition
later translations
relatedWorkOfAuthor Refutation of All Heresies NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
scholarlyField biblical studies
patristic exegesis
scripturalBasis Septuagint version of Daniel
subjectOfWork Book of Daniel NERFINISHED
theologicalPosition emphasis on imminent end-times
identification of historical empires in Daniel’s visions
theologicalTradition early Church Fathers
timePeriod early 3rd century
usedBy historians of early Christian eschatology
patristic scholars
workType continuous commentary on a biblical book

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Saint Hippolytus notableWork Commentary on Daniel