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The plight of Daniel and his associates in his role as chief adviser of King Nebuchadnetzar after the Destruction of the First Beis Hamikdash. Also, the Visions concerning the four exiles of Babylonian, Mede/Persians, Greek and Roman/Ishmaelite dynasties and end of days.
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Was Daniel a eunuch
Daniel is sometimes identified with one of two eunuchs in Achashverosh's court, Hatach and Memuchan; the implication being that after Persia conquered Babylon, the Babylonian eunuchs were transferred …
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What is the exact date of the end of days referenced in the book of Daniel according to vari...
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Rambam - In Iggeret Teiman he wrote: "...תחזור הנבואה לישראל בשנת ארבעה אלפים תתקע"ו ליצירה..." - Year 4976 which is 1216 CE. But that's the year of …
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Jewish view on the extra text included in the LXX (and by some Christians) in the book of Da...
Some of the Church Fathers bore witness in their writings to the Jewish view of Susanna. These Church Fathers lived in the early to mid Amoraic period and personally knew some of the sages and often c …
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Why were Chanaya, Mishael and Azarya consigned to a furnace specifically?
There are a few parallels or partial parallels in the Near East and in Tanach & Midrash:
Near East Judicial Processes:
In an essay on this exact subject (available for free now on JSTOR or Academia.ed …
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How can the contradiction between Daniel 1:21 and 10:1 regarding the year of Cyrus be resolved?
Rabbi Ahron Marcus discusses this issue shortly in his book "Barzilai" (pg. 313 in the Hebrew edition):
"קושי שלישי שעורר אופרט...בדניאל א, 21 נאמר: "ויהי דניאל עד שנת אחת לכורש המלך." ואילו בפרק י מ …
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Why did the Jewish sages understand "Daniel 7:13" as the coming of the Messiah, and not the ...
The verses describe the Mashiach coming before God for an audience. What happens after that audience is not written in the text, nor why he came for an audience in the first place. The sages explain t …
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Why does "mene" appear twice in Daniel 5?
In the famous phrase from Belshatzar's feast in Daniel 5, "mene mene tekal u'farsin", the word "mene" is explained by Daniel to refer to Hashem having numbered Belshatzar's days as king (מנא - מנה) ( …
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Does the book of Daniel accurately date the war with Babylon?
Note: The Babylonian Chronicles entries brought in this answer were translated by me from the book "Historical Texts From Assyria and Babylonia: 9th-6th Centuries BCE" by Mordechai Cogan, which is a H …
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Daniel 9:12 k’ri-k’tiv
Daat Sofrim on the verse writes:
"ויקם את דבריו. ממשיך לדבר שלא במישרין לה' מפני שמדובר על רעה. הכתיב הוא "דבריו", הרעה היתה קיום לכל דבריו אשר דיבר ועדות שכשם שנתקיימה הרעה כן תתקיים הטובה. הקרי הוא …
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Jewish sources for Jerome on Daniel 11:34
Jerome, in his commentary on Daniel 11:34, wrote (my translation from a Hebrew translation):
"In defeat, they will receive a little help - there are among the Jews that relate this verse to Severus a …
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Why was Nevuchadnezer able to command horses not to whinny, and birds not to fly?
Rabbi Tanchum Hayerushalmi in his commentary on Daniel1 explains that this is not literal. Rather, it's simply a symbolic title intended to represent Nevuchadnetzar's might and power as king, akin to …
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