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Cosmic Battle and Political Conflict: Studies in Verbal Syntax and Contextual Interpretation of Daniel 8 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This study offers a fresh appreciation of the various literary elements and genres that constitute Daniel 8 as a whole. Namely, these are the narrative frame, the vision report itself as well as its application to Jewish history under Antiochus IV. While situating the message of this chapter within the Book of Daniel, it also shows the importance of the Ancient Neat Eastern context for the...

outlook and the major thematic lines of the Book of Daniel, along which ch. 8 is intended to be read and which it continuously reflects. a. A Theology of Power Daniel 8 develops a theme already well known from earlier parts of the Book, namely the connection of supernatural powers with the powers of the world. The working of the powers of the world, their possibilities and their limits, has been amply demonstrated by “the court tales” in Daniel 1–6. These stories emphasize how the king of an empire
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