Empires, Prophets and Interfaith Relations: Reading Daniel 1-6 in Islamic Context.

Seminar given by Dr Ida Glaser at the Center for Muslim & Christian Studies, Houston, October 17th 2023.
This paper reports and reflects on some of the findings from CMCS Houston's 'Daniel, Islam, Apocalyptic' project, which is part of the 'Reading the Bible in the Context of Islam' project of CMCS Oxford. We will briefly consider what is meant by reading the Bible in Islamic context, and the implications of inscribing an Islamic context into a hermeneutical circle. We will then consider the effects of reading Daniel 1-6 (1) in the context of cultures which have living traditions about the place of Daniel in their own histories; (2) in the context of selected Qur'anic intertexts and (3) in the context of Danielic themes of common interest to readers of different faiths in today's world.