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  • From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Four Beasts in Daniel
  • Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:48:51 +0300

On 9/11/06, Shoshanna Walker wrote:

No these are not the 4 beasts.

They are

1. The lion: Babylonian empire
2. The bear: The Persian empire (the three ribs symbolized Cyrus,
Achashverosh, and Darius - Rashi)
3. The leopard: The Greek empire (the four heads allude to the
four generals who divided the empire after Alexander's death -
Abarbanel)
4. The Roman empire, considered to be the current exile.

Shoshanna

A comparison of conservative Christian vs. liberal Christian views
of the empires is at:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/daniel.htm

An article that discusses the four empires and tries to place them
in a wider Near Eastern context is at:
http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_daniel_walton.html

Stephen's post referred to:

Four beasts - Strongs 2423 awyx Cheyva' (Aramaic) (khay-vaw');

1. The Orient: ie.. China, India, Phillipines, Vietnam, etc..
2. Slavoc: ie.. Russia, Yugoslavia, Checklaslovakia, etc..
3. Roman: ie.. Rome, Germany, France, Britian, Australia, Canada,
America, Israel, UN, etc..
4. Middle east: ie.. Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi, etc..

What is the above based on?

Yitzhak Sapir




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