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The book of Daniel presents a God who is there and is not silent. Joe M. Sprinkle connects Daniel with the biblical story. Debates rage around Daniel’s dating, historicity, and referents. With this focus on historical context, Daniel’s canonical context is often lost. While arguing for conservative dating and historicity, Sprinkle focuses on how Daniel is a fulcrum for many theological themes in...

or “blessed” (ESV, NIV) is אַשְׁרֵי, a plural construct noun that refers to the bliss or good fortune of the person who (in this case) waits and reaches 1,335 days. The text of vv. 11–12 is a cryptic riddle. Which “abomination of desolation” is in mind? Is it the one at the time of Antiochus IV who puts an end to legitimate “regular sacrifice” (8:11–13; 11:31)? Is it the (possibly) different abomination of desolation in 9:27 (see commentary and excursus there)? Is it from our perspective an eschatological
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