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These are opinionated essays. They argue positions on biblical-studies topics and draw conclusions from critical scholarship. For neutral, both-sides treatments that adjudicate nothing, see Scripture Analysis.
Tagged “Daniel”
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Daniel's Prophecies: Prediction or Postdiction?
Daniel's forecasts are precise to about 167 BCE and wrong after it; weighed against Jerome, Kitchen, Hasel and Constable, the Maccabean date still holds.
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Overlapping Prophecies: The 24 Passages Critical Scholarship Shares with the Apologetic List
All twenty-four passages critical scholars read as messianic sit on the apologetic list too, but read whole, they describe Davidic kings and exilic hopes.
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Did Jesus Fulfill the Real Messianic Prophecies? A Critical Assessment
Set aside the 356-item lists and test Jesus against the passages ancient Judaism actually read as messianic: the Davidic king, the servant, the royal psalms. Read as first understood, he fulfilled none; his followers reread them after the cross.