Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

This is fairly obviously referring to the desecration of the temple by
Antiochus Epiphanes.  I base my comment upon the history rather than upon
a purely lexical or grammatical basis.  According to the Anchor Bible
Dictionary the temple was cleansed 3 yrs to the day after it had been
desecrated.  2300 days would be ~6 1/3+ yrs if based on a 360 day year
and ~6 1/3- yrs based on a 365 day year.  I would therefore suspect that
what is in view is a total combining days + evenings which would more
nearly approximate 3 yrs (perhaps rounded to 2,300?).  Whether one takes
this as a predictive prophecy or as post eventum, it is to be expected
that it should conform closely to reality.

gfsomsel
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:38:38 -0500 "Eduard C Hanganu"
<eddhanganu AT hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> Hello to all!
> 
> What would be the best translation of EREB-BOKER in Daniel 8:14? Is 
> the text 
> making a reference to chronological days, or to the sanctuary ritual 
> days or 
> TAMID ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eduard
> 
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