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  • From: Fred P Miller <fmoeller AT ao.net>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: temporarily off list
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:45:36 -0400


to the list

I will be away for a good bit of the summer so I will be temporarily off list
and hope to return in the
Fall.

all the best

George Athas wrote:

> Fred P Miller wrote:
>
> > [...] The presence of Aramaic in portions of Ezra and Daniel should
> > confirm the use of
> > Aramaic in Babylon before 400 BCE rather than being a proof for a late
> > date for
> > Daniel.
>
> How so? Aramaic does continue for centuries after 400 BCE. Are there any
> particular apsects of the
> language you have in mind?
>
> While we're on the subject, wouldn't it seem logical that if the second
> half of Daniel is dated
> c.164 BCE, that the first few chapters were known before then (not
> necessarily as a uniform work,
> though)? There are numerous Daniel stories which are around by 164 BCE. In
> order to give the second
> half of the book some typical pseudonymous weight, it seems reasonable to
> suggest that "Daniel" had
> been known for quite some time as a familiar figure. Thus, the Daniel
> stories (even the
> "apocryphal" ones) probably had some currency before 164 BCE. Essentially,
> I'm basing this on the
> convention in pseudepigraphy to use a well known personality as the
> "author".
>
> Best regards.
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> GEORGE ATHAS
> Dept of Semitic Studies,
> University of Sydney
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