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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.

■ 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
Daniel 9:27
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