Sunday, January 14, 2024

Joel Marcus: The Testament of Abraham Identifies the Ancient of Days in Daniel 7 with Adam

  

In T.Ab. 11-12, as in Daniel 7, two thrones are set up, one for the major figure (God = the Ancient of Days in Daniel, Adam in Testament of Abraham), who is described as brilliantly radiant and awe-inspiring, and the other for the secondary figure ("one like a son of man" in Daniel, Abel "the son of Adam" in Testament of Abraham), who is given or associated with the task of judging. (Joel Marcus, "Son of Man as Son of Adam," Revue Biblique 110, no. 1 [January 2003]: 59 n. 81)