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" An investigation of the chronology of Daniel 9: "
B. Owusu-Antwi
G. F. Hasel
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1113322
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TLpq304107487
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B. Owusu-Antwi
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G. F. Hasel
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An investigation of the chronology of Daniel 9:\ B. Owusu-AntwiG. F. Hasel
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Andrews University
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1993
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1993
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Ph.D.
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502
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This study attempted to investigate the chronological issues of Dan 9:24-27. Its main objective was to provide an interpretation based on textual, linguistic, literary, grammatical-syntactical, structural, and contextual study of the major terms and expressions in Dan 9:24-27. Chapter 1 surveys the chronological interpretations of Dan 9:24-27. Four major schools of interpretation emerged (Historicist-Messianic Interpretation, Historical-Critical Interpretation, Futurist-Dispensational Interpretation, and Symbolic-Amillennialist Interpretation) under the main categories of continuous and noncontinuous interpretations. Major chronological issues emerged from these interpretations and set the stage for this study. Chapter 2 examines major Hebrew expressions and terms that affect chronology (sabui m sibi m, nehtak, dabar, usdl\sp{e}usdhasi b usdw\sp{e}usdlibnot, tasub usdw\sp{e}usdnibusdn\sp{e}usdtah, usdr\sp{e}usdhob usdw\sp{e}usdharus, masi ah, nagi d, usdb\sp{e}usdri t). The term dabar, determines the terminus a quo of the Seventy Weeks to be computed continuously and sequentially, and is itself contextually defined by three pairs of parallel terms, namely, (1) usdl\sp{e}usdhasi b usdw\sp{e}usdlibnot, "to restore and build," which designates political "restoration" and physical "rebuilding" of Jerusalem; (2) tasub usdw\sp{e}usdnibusdn\sp{e}usdtah, "it shall be restored and be built," which provides comparative support for the first word pair, and (3) usdr\sp{e}usdhob usdw\sp{e}usdharus, "square and decision-making," which stresses further that the "word" is about the restoration of Jerusalem as a religio-political self-governing entity with the rights to judicial decision-making. The three expressions, "Messiah, the Prince" (vs. 25), "Messiah" (vs. 26a), and "Prince" (vs. 26b), refer contextually and structurally to the same personality. Chapter 3 investigates the historical-chronological correlates of the events stipulated in Dan 9:24-27. The decree of Artaxerxes I given to Ezra is the only terminus a quo that fits the stipulations of the text of Dan 9:25 and the chronological outline of Dan 9:24-27. The events of the "seventieth week" relate to the Messiah and are properly fulfilled by Jesus Christ. Finally, a summary and conclusions bring together the various chronological issues of Dan 9:24-27. This study has provided new evidence that shows that the Historicist-Messianic interpretation emerges from the text as the viable view for the chronology of the passage.
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Ancient languages
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Bible
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Bible
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Language, literature and linguistics
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Philosophy, religion and theology
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Religion
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