Volume 17, Issue 3, October 2004

Dan 11:40-45 has long been a crux interpretum in the exposition of the visions of Daniel. This is principally due to disagreement over whether to interpret the verses historically with respect to the Hellenist kingdoms of the second century BCE, or eschatologically. My proposal is the account of the final vision in chapters 10-12 as a whole provide us with clues that enable us to unite the temporal and the eschatological in our appreciation of these verses.