The Import Log
The Import Log — Part 5 of 5 eFireTemple.com One book. That is all it took. One book, set in one place, written under one influence, and the entire theological architecture of Western civilization was transformed. Not gradually. Not through centuries of slow evolution. In one book. In one generation. From one source. The Book of Daniel. The inventory Let us be precise about what Daniel introduces to Jewish theology. Not approximately. Not arguably.
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The Import Log — Part 5 of 5 eFireTemple.com One book. That is all it took. One book, set in one place, written under one influence, and the entire theological architecture of Western civilization was transformed. Not gradually. Not through centuries of slow evolution. In one book. In one generation. From one source. The Book of Daniel. The inventory Let us be precise about what Daniel introduces to Jewish theology. Not approximately. Not arguably. Let us list every concept that appears in the Hebrew Bible for the first time in Daniel, and let us set each one beside its Zoroastrian source. Named angels with individual identities. Before Daniel: zero named angels in the entire Hebrew Bible. The mal'akh is an anonymous messenger. After Daniel: Gabriel (8:16), Michael (10:13), with ranks ("one of the chief princes") and assignments.
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Gathas · Hebrew Bible · Old Testament · Quran