[b-hebrew] Daniel and history

George Athas George.Athas at moore.edu.au
Sat Jan 31 02:09:49 EST 2009


Daniel's view of desolation is somewhat more nuanced than Jeremiah's. The point of Dan 9 and his seventy weeks is to reinterpret what 'exile' means. For Daniel, the exile does not end with a return to the land. Rather, exile ends only with the end of foreign rule over Jerusalem. And since this did not occur with the returnees in the late 6th century BC, Daniel wants to reinterpret the entire notion.

My article on this chapter should be out in JHS within the next week or so.


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au



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