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John J. Collins’ Daniel is the most comprehensive English-language commentary on the visionary prophet in 65 years. In it, the author situates the Old Testament in its historical context and offers a full explanation of the text, especially its religious imagery. Five hundred pages of information are yours with this single resource.

I. 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
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