However, it may be noted that the interpretation reflected in the accentuation of the Massoretic tradition may be found centuries earlier in Christian thought. Even though the early Christian exegetes had the Theodotionic text before them,4 a version that combines the seven and sixty-two weeks, a significant number of them interpreted the clausal structure of this version in such a way as to posit a distinct juncture between the seven and sixty-two weeks. And they understood the period of seven weeks