| Although
there is agreement that both pagan and papal Rome are represented in
8:9-12, there is significant disagreement between Hasel and Shea in
distinguishing papal and pagan activity in the individual verses. For
example, Hasel12 argues
that a “horizontal activity” of pagan Rome is represented by verses 9
& 10 whereas the vertical activity of papal Rome is revealed in verses
11 & 12. Shea,13 on
the other hand, argues for a horizontal movement of pagan imperial Rome in
verse 9 but a vertical movement of papal Rome against the host of heaven
in verse 10. Shea suggests that an attack of a religious character is
portrayed in vs. 10 similar to that in Dn. 7: 21-22, 25, 27 by papal Rome
against the saints of the Most High.
5.1.1
Gender Oscillations in Dn. 8:9-12 |