george, i understand that the issue is extremely sensitive: was jesus' birth predicted in the book of daniel? in this case, a lot of importance is placed on the exact interpretation of the temporal count.
i wish to put forth an alternative hypothesis: that this verse (and similars in the OT) was edited posthumous to jesus. in this case, any deviation in the temporal count may be explained as a truly historical error, or a numerical simplification, comitted by the anonymous scribe/author, possibly one associated with the early christians. this is a mere hypothesis for discussion with no underlying ideological conviction except, perhaps, a certain dose of atheism. i hope i am not pushing the limits of b-hebrew to too stormy waters... nir cohen On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:01:11 -0400, b-hebrew-request wrote > Send b-hebrew mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of b-hebrew digest..." -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
