Thanks for your response, Greg.
I'll just take the opportunity to deal with the
following two matters:
1. Sons of Aaron or sons of Levi?
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>I think the most likely addressee at 1.19-3.19 is
>probably the Levites (rather than 'sons of Aaron'
>as Ian suggests).
David,
Your observation about Darius the Mede, intriques me. Are you aware that
Herodotus at times "slips" and calls Persians "MEDES" ? Are you aware that
the Romans at times called the Parthians "MEDES" as well ? Did you know that
Cyrus according to Herodotus was the grandson of Astyages, the la
Russell,
Thanks again for the bibliography, and I certainly intend to follow up
on it. I agree that Sabbatical years can be important markers in
Jewish historical narratives.
>>Daniel's "Darius the Mede" is of course problematic historically and
should be taken into account in evaluating Daniel'
David,
On 164/163 BCE as a land sabbath year, see 1 Macc. 6:28-54; 2 Macc.
13:1-22. 2 Macc. 13:1 dates this to 163, and 1 Macc. 6:48-54 indicates the
reduction of Beth-Zur and Jerusalem were concluded before the expiration of
the land sabbath.
On the weeks of Daniel as land sabbath cycl
Russel,
>>I don't think the author of Daniel had an accurate grasp of the
chronology between the fall of Jerusalem and his own time, so I don't
think we can be too precise on the early end of this period<<
For various reasons, I suspect that the apparent confusion of
chronology in Daniel, and ag
Dear David,
First, I see I made a typo: it should be J. Collins (not Collons) the
author of _The Scepter and the Star_ (1995).
Secondly, I grasp your take on Dan. 9, which is interesting, but I (and
others, not that that matters) would see the 7 weeks, 62 weeks, and final
week in st
Russell Gmirkin commented:
>>J. Collons, _The Scepter and the Star_ (1995) has a chapter devoted
to the Messiahs of Aaron
and Israel (p. 74ff) that is fairly exhaustive in its use of secondary
literature and basically considers the title to refer to
eschatological high priestly and royal figures.
Russell,
My apologies. "you are still looking at the sequence 7, 62, 1 as
sequential" should be "you are still looking at the numbers 7, 62, 1
as chronologically sequential"
Respectfully,
Dave Hindley
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
For private reply, e-mail to "David C. Hindley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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David,
1QS 9:11 refers to the time when "there shall come the Prophet and the
Messiahs of Aaron and Israel." The Messiah figure or figures we are
discussing are thus distinguished from the coming Prophet. J. Collons, _The
Scepter and the Star_ (1995) has a chapter devoted to the Messiahs
Russell Gmirkin responded:
>>On the first question, one might point to the Oniads as figures
holding both high priestly and civil positions. The reference to
"Messiah the Prince" (or "the Anointed Prince") at Dan. 9:25 is
usually taken to refer to Onias III, assassinated in exile in 170 BCE.
Doe
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