- Would the figure of “70 years” (Daniel 9:2) document the speculation of most scholars that this was written after the return of the exiles from Babylonia — well after?
- Where in the previous chapters is there any tefillah of Daniel recorded?
- To what does the text refer to in Daniel 9:11 “the teaching (the Hebrew has “Torah”) of Moses?”
- Does the text at any point take issue with the “actions of God?”
- In Daniel 9:16 why is the translation of “tzidkotekha”, literally your justice, rendered as “your abundant benevolence?”
- In what order of the Tefillot do we encounter (repeatedly) the phrasing in Daniel 9:17-19?
- How does one understand the phrasing in Daniel 9:21, “the man Gabriel” referred to as “was sent forth in flight” — unless the term “man” is here meant to refer to a heavenly creature in the configuration of a human?
- How does Daniel 9:27 relate to the events leading up to Hanukkah with reference to “he will put a stop to the sacrifice and the meal offering” and the reference to “an appalling abomination?”
- But, what is the final outcome to be?
