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Abomination of desolation. Enthroned Zeus (Greek, ) " Abomination of desolation " [a] is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made. [1] In the ...
Daniel's final vision is set in "the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia": this marks 70 years since Daniel's own captivity began (606 BC), and thus the fulfillment of Jeremiah 's prophecy that the exile would last 70 years. [20] Chapter 11, the centre-piece of the revelation, gives a broad sweep of history from the 6th century BC to the 2nd ...
Daniel 11. Daniel 11 deals with the details of the rulers starting with Persia and then Greece, and goes into the divided kingdom of Greece. Ultimately two of these divisions dominate to such an extent that the Bible portrays them under the titles of “The King of the North,” and “The King of the South.”
The seventy weeks prophecy is internally dated to "the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede" (Daniel 9:1), later referred to in the Book of Daniel as "Darius the Mede" (e.g. Daniel 11:1); however, no such ruler is known to history and the widespread consensus among critical scholars is that he is a literary fiction.
Book of Daniel. The Book of Daniel is a biblical apocalypse authored during the 2nd century BC, and set during the 6th century BC. [1] The work describes "the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon "; [2] in doing so, it interpolates a portrayal of a historical prophecy being fulfilled with a prediction of future cosmic ...
In chapter 7, Daniel has a vision of four beasts coming up out of the sea, and is told that they represent four kingdoms: A beast like a lion with eagle 's wings (v. 4). A beast like a bear, raised up on one side, with three Curves between its teeth (v. 5). A beast like a leopard with four wings of fowl and four heads (v. 6).
Daniel (Dn'il, or Danel) is also the name of a figure in the Aqhat legend from Ugarit. [4] (. Ugarit was a Canaanite city destroyed around 1200 BCE – the tablet containing the story is dated c. 1360 BCE.) [11] This legendary Daniel is known for his righteousness and wisdom and a follower of the god El (hence his name), who made the god’s ...
The Book of Daniel is "a composite text of dubious historicity from various genres", and Daniel himself is a legendary figure. The book of which he is the hero divides into two parts, a set of tales in chapters 1–6 from no earlier than the Hellenistic period (323–30 BCE), and the series of visions in chapters 7–12 from the Maccabean era ...
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