Chanukah and the Book of Daniel

[Jayhawker Soule]

Worth reading in my opinion is TheTorah.com article:

Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts: the Prehistory of Chanukah​

which concludes:

The apocalypses of Daniel thus contain the earliest version of the story of Chanukah, told in the form of an apocalyptic vision. More accurately, they contain descriptions of the Antiochian persecutions, but without the resolution. The vision in ch. 7 was, therefore, composed at the height of his religious decrees, sometime between 167–164 BCE.[22] At that time, salvation could be imagined only through direct divine intervention, and not through the human agency of the Hasmonean revolt that occurred only a few years later. Daniel 7–12 thus offers a different religious lens by which to understand the Chanukah story.​

Please note that this has been posted in the Judaism DIR. This is not the place for Christian interpretation and debate.

 

[metis]

Thanks for this and I hope all here are enjoying the holiday.

 

[Jake1001]

Worth reading in my opinion is TheTorah.com article:

Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts: the Prehistory of Chanukah​

which concludes:

The apocalypses of Daniel thus contain the earliest version of the story of Chanukah, told in the form of an apocalyptic vision. More accurately, they contain descriptions of the Antiochian persecutions, but without the resolution. The vision in ch. 7 was, therefore, composed at the height of his religious decrees, sometime between 167–164 BCE.[22] At that time, salvation could be imagined only through direct divine intervention, and not through the human agency of the Hasmonean revolt that occurred only a few years later. Daniel 7–12 thus offers a different religious lens by which to understand the Chanukah story.​

Please note that this has been posted in the Judaism DIR. This is not the place for Christian interpretation and debate.

I like it! Some of the best biblical metaphor out there. I might actually have to read it !! Cool pic too !! Our teachers don’t do a good job teaching this prelude to Hanukah. Good find @ Jaybo !!