A previous study (M. Segal, âCalculating the End: Inner-Danielic Chronological Developments,â VT 68 [2018] 272â96), analyzed chronological aspects in Daniel 7â12, and suggested that they offer a key for tracing the literary development of this section. This article offers a new interpretation of the expression â2300 evenings and morningsâ (8:14), generally understood as a period of time shorter than the 3.5-year tradition expressed in 9:27 and 12:11â12. In contrast, it is suggested that 2300 refers to the number of daily offerings which were to be missed due to the desecration of the Temple. This calculation was performed according to an early, pre-sectarian halakhic interpretive tradition of Leviticus 23:37â38, reconstructed based upon a Sabbath prohibition in Damascus Document XI, 17â18. When calculated according to this method, â2300 evenings and morningsâ maps precisely onto 3.5 years.
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A previous study (M. Segal, âCalculating the End: Inner-Danielic Chronological Developments,â VT 68 [2018] 272â96), analyzed chronological aspects in Daniel 7â12, and suggested that they offer a key for tracing the literary development of this section. This article offers a new interpretation of the expression â2300 evenings and morningsâ (8:14), generally understood as a period of time shorter than the 3.5-year tradition expressed in 9:27 and 12:11â12. In contrast, it is suggested that 2300 refers to the number of daily offerings which were to be missed due to the desecration of the Temple. This calculation was performed according to an early, pre-sectarian halakhic interpretive tradition of Leviticus 23:37â38, reconstructed based upon a Sabbath prohibition in Damascus Document XI, 17â18. When calculated according to this method, â2300 evenings and morningsâ maps precisely onto 3.5 years.
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