“For 2300 Evenings and Mornings” (Dan 8:14): Recalculating the Cessation of the Daily Offering

A previous study (M. Segal, “Calculating the End: Inner-Danielic Chronological Developments,” VT 68 [2018] 272–96), analyzed chronological aspects in Daniel 7–12, and suggested that they offer a key for tracing the literary development of this section. This article offers a new interpretation of the...

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Главный автор: Segal, Michael 1972- (Автор)
Другие авторы: Wadler, Shlomo
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2023
В: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Год: 2023, Том: 54, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 155-172
Другие ключевые слова:B Apocalyptic
B early halakah
B Calendar
B daily offering
B Daniel
B Damascus Document
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Итог:A previous study (M. Segal, “Calculating the End: Inner-Danielic Chronological Developments,” VT 68 [2018] 272–96), analyzed chronological aspects in Daniel 7–12, and suggested that they offer a key for tracing the literary development of this section. This article offers a new interpretation of the expression “2300 evenings and mornings” (8:14), generally understood as a period of time shorter than the 3.5-year tradition expressed in 9:27 and 12:11–12. 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 23:37–38, reconstructed based upon a Sabbath prohibition in Damascus Document XI, 17–18. When calculated according to this method, “2300 evenings and mornings” maps precisely onto 3.5 years.
ISSN:1570-0631
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10053