Abstract:
The authors of Daniel 7-12 and of 1 Enoch 83-90 are identified as
groups from the retainer class. Both groups belonged to the apocalyptic
Hasidic movement. They differed in their reactions to the measures
which Antiochus IV Epiphanes took against the temple and the Jews in
167 BeE. The Enoch group were inclined towards the activist stance
taken by the Maccabees. The Daniel group chose for a modified apocalyptic
form of asceticism.
