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The second through seventh chapters of Daniel are ones to note, because instead of being written in Hebrew, they are written in Aramaic. Recognizing that these chapters are written in Aramaic is important because it gives us a better understanding of symbolism and how it is handled in biblical narrative. By utilizing The Aramaic of Daniel in the Light of Old Aramaic, you are able to gain...

GENERAL CONCLUSION In scholarly debates on the origin of DA, the corpus of OA texts has not received full attention. Thus, there is a lack of comparative studies between DA and OA. Yet a study of this type serves a twofold purpose: it contributes to providing an answer to questions of the origin of DA, and it also gives fresh insights into both OA and DA. The contextual discussion of the literary and grammatical features of OA texts, when brought into contact with DA, yields the following results:
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