Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

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