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Septuagint: Daniel Th: Daniel Th Chapter 10

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This is a biblical apocalyptic narrative — specifically Daniel 10:1–21 from the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. The passage recounts Daniel's vision beside the Tigris River ("Eddekêl") in the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, following a three-week period of mourning and fasting during which he abstained from rich food, meat, wine, and anointing oil. He sees a radiant, awe-inspiring figure — clothed in linen, girded with gold, with a body like beryl, a face like lightning, eyes like flaming torches, and a voice like a multitude — whose appearance leaves Daniel physically prostrated and his companions fleeing in terror. The heavenly messenger raises Daniel, addresses him as "a man greatly desired," and explains that he was delayed twenty-one days by the "prince of the kingdom of Persia" (a cosmic adversary) until the archangel Michael came to his aid. The figure has come to reveal to Daniel what will befall his people "at the end of days," and closes by noting that only Michael, "your prince," stands with him against the princes of Persia and Greece. The text is distinctive for its developed angelology — portraying cosmic warfare between patron angels of nations — and for its depiction of apocalyptic revelation as physically overwhelming, a feature characteristic of the later Daniel tradition.

Septuagint: Daniel Th: Daniel Th Chapter 10

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