On the form elsewhere in the Parables, see comm. on 40:1–10 above, p. 131. The precise relationship between the Son of Man material in the Parables and Daniel 7 is a matter of dispute. Do the Parables draw on Daniel 7 or on an earlier tradition on which Daniel 7 is also dependent? A close comparison of Daniel 7 and the Parables indicates the following.1 (1) The Parables omit the following Danielic elements: the setting of the scene and identification of Daniel as the seer (7:1*); the four beasts