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- Title
Raw data and its implications in exegesis of Daniel 11,2b-12,3.
- Authors
Gane, Roy E.
- Abstract
Three kinds of raw data in Daniel 11,2b-12,3 carry crucial implications for interpretation. First, these verses comprise one discourse unit beginning with literal language. Therefore, the entire unit is basically literal. Accordingly, 11,2b-12,3 is the third angelic explanation (with elaboration) of the symbolic vision in 8,3-14, following explanations in 8,17; 19-26 and 9,24-27. Second, these three parallel explanations share intratextual terminological points of contact. So contexts of words in chapters 8 and 9 reappearing in chapter 11 illuminate similar contexts in chapter 11. Third, matching language of literary profiles in Daniel 11 to historical events requires accurate identification of raw historical data. Thus, verse 40 does not predict the "mortal wound" of the church of Rome inflicted by atheistic France in A.D. 1798. In verses 40-43, the religious-political church, the "king of the north," defeats the religious-political "king of the south": Islamic power.
- Subjects
DISCOURSE; BIBLICAL hermeneutics; LITERARY interpretation; POWER (Social sciences); SECTARIAN conflict; ISLAM
- Publication
DavarLogos, 2023, Vol 22, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1666-7832
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.56487/dl.v22i2.1102