Friday, May 20, 2016

Howe and Müller (eds.), Folly and Violence in the Court of Alexander ...

BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Folly and Violence in the Court of Alexander the Great and his Successors? Notice of a new book: Howe, Time & Sabine Müller (eds.). 2016. Folly and Violence in the Court of Alexander the Great and his Successors?. Bochum & Freiburg: Projekt verlag.

Alexander and his successors (the Diadochoi) figure prominently in the apocalyptic oracles in the second half of the Book of Daniel. Any background on the Greco-Roman reception of traditions about them is always of interest.