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= EVEN UNTO THE PRINCE OF THE HOST VERSE 11a
B = HE EXALTED HIMSELF VERSE 11a
B’= AND FROM HIM VERSE 11b
C = THE DAILY WAS LIFTED UP VERSE
11b
This internal reflection of the
Hebrew syntax supports the contention that the “daily” is lifted up
“from” the one exalting himself and not “from” the Prince of the
host. This is in addition to the fact that the thrust of emphasis of
8:9-13 is on the horn from littleness and not on the Prince of the host.
Additional lines of evidence are presented which lead to the conclusion
that the “daily” is intimately associated with the horn from
littleness and not the Prince of the host. The evidence will focus on the
syntactical and contextual interpretation of the “daily”. Furthermore,
conclusive evidence that the antecedent of mimmennu represents the
horn from littleness is derived from the cultic language parallels of
Daniel 8 with Leviticus which will be examined in depth in the later
Section on Cultic Language.
5.2.2
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