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- In note 28 רעב[ו]רך should be בעב[ו]רך
Daniel 10:1Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of DanielI. 10:1*. Introduction ■ 1*. In the third year of Cyrus: According to Dan 1:21*, Daniel’s career lasted until the first year of King Cyrus. The choice of “third year” here parallels the “third year of Belshazzar” in 8:1*. The OG “first year” has been taken as a harmonization with chap. 1, 11 but the alteration (πρώτῳ to τρίτῳ) may be accidental.12 Here, as throughout the Book of Daniel, the release of the Jewish exiles in the first year of Cyrus is ignored. king of Persia: This title - In note 13 'NT' should be 'MT'Daniel 10:1Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of DanielI. 10:1*. Introduction ■ 1*. In the third year of Cyrus: According to Dan 1:21*, Daniel’s career lasted until the first year of King Cyrus. The choice of “third year” here parallels the “third year of Belshazzar” in 8:1*. The OG “first year” has been taken as a harmonization with chap. 1, 11 but the alteration (πρώτῳ to τρίτῳ) may be accidental.12 Here, as throughout the Book of Daniel, the release of the Jewish exiles in the first year of Cyrus is ignored. king of Persia: This title
- In note 33, we are told that G’s vorlage had עשה instead of MT הקשיבה ועשה. The standard editions of G have ἐπάκουσον καὶ ποίησον which reflects MT perfectly well, so this note is difficult to understand.Daniel 9:1Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel■ 1*. In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus: Darius is here given a father, whose name is rendered as Xerxes in the OG.12 There were Persian kings named Darius and Xerxes, but the relationship was reversed (Xerxes was the son of Darius I). Darius and Ahasuerus are mentioned together in Ezra 4:5–6*, in correct historical sequence with Darius first. Despite recurring attempts to identify Ahasuerus here with the Median king Cyaxares, father of Astyages (who was father-in-law of Cyrus),13
- כנם על should be על כנםDaniel 9:27Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel■ 27*. He will make a strong alliance with the multitude for one week: The word ברית is used of the holy covenant in Dan 11:22*, 28*, 30*, 32*, but here it refers to the alliance of Epiphanes with the Hellenizing Jews. Compare 1 Macc 1:11* : “Let us go and make a covenant with the Gentiles round about us.”101 The designation רביס recurs in 11:33* for the people whom the משׂכילים instruct. For half the week he will suppress sacrifice: The half-week corresponds to the three and a half
- רביס should be רביםDaniel 9:27Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel■ 27*. He will make a strong alliance with the multitude for one week: The word ברית is used of the holy covenant in Dan 11:22*, 28*, 30*, 32*, but here it refers to the alliance of Epiphanes with the Hellenizing Jews. Compare 1 Macc 1:11* : “Let us go and make a covenant with the Gentiles round about us.”101 The designation רביס recurs in 11:33* for the people whom the משׂכילים instruct. For half the week he will suppress sacrifice: The half-week corresponds to the three and a half
- '1 Macc 1:60' should be '1 Macc 2:60'
- In footnote 534, 'Tcherikorver' should be 'Tcherikover'
