Daniel 12:1-13

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• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Similitude VIII.3, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
  • IV.XXVI.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180) 
  • IV.XXX, V.X, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
  • X.3, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
  • Exegetical Fragments, Hippolytus (170-235). (Scroll down to ON DANIEL. SCHOLIA ON DANIEL. and OTHER FRAGMENTS ON DANIEL. Scroll further for apocryphal additions to Daniel - The Song of the Three Children and Susannah.)
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "The angel here notes two things: first that the Church will be in great affliction and trouble at Christ's coming, and next that God will send his angel to deliver it, whom he here calls Michael, meaning Christ, who is proclaimed by the preaching of the Gospel."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "And in the end the multitude that sleep in the dust shall awake; many shall arise to life, and many to shame. There is glory reserved for all the saints in the future state, for all that are wise, wise for their souls and eternity. Those who turn many to righteousness, who turn sinners from the errors of their ways, and help to save their souls from death, james 5:20 , will share in the glory of those they have helped to heaven, which will add to their own glory."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
    • "The meaning seems to be, as after the death of Antiochus the Jews had some deliverance, so there will be yet a greater deliverance to the people of God, when Michael your prince, the Messiah shall appear for your salvation."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
    • "The Jewish commentators support TREGELLES. AUBERLEN thinks the sole purpose for which the resurrection is introduced in this verse is an incitement to faithful perseverance in the persecutions of Antiochus; and that there is no chronological connection between the time of trouble in Da 12:1 and the resurrection in Da 12:2; whence the phrase, "at that time," twice occurs in Da 12:1, but no fixing of time in Da 12:2, 3; 2 Maccabees 7:9, 14, 23, shows the fruit of this prophecy in animating the Maccabean mother and her sons to brave death, while confessing the resurrection in words like those here."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Daniel 12:1-3, Juliana Claassens, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "How does one speak about hope when one is threatened from all sides?"
  • Daniel 12:1-3, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  • "The Day of the Lord," "The General Resurrection," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
    • "How do these words of Daniel comfort you? How does God’s presence and protection give you hope?"
• Articles & Background:
  • "Armageddon in the Bible," Gerald A. Larue, The Humanist, 1999.
    • "Depictions of the end of the age can be confusing, but sometimes new, ingenious interpretations surface."
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  • Armerding, Carl, "Asleep in the Dust," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1964.
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  • Bailey, Daniel P., "The Intertextual Relationship of Daniel 12:2 and Isaiah 26:19: Evidence from Qumran and the Greek Versions," Tyndale Bulletin, 2000.
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  • Block, Daniel I., "Preaching Old Testament Apocalyptic to a New Testament Church," Calvin Theological Journal, 2006.
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  • Collins, John J., "The Zeal of Phinehas: The Bible and the Legitimation of Violence," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003.
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  • Lindenberger, James M., "Expository Article: Daniel 12:1-4," Interpretation, 1985.
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  • Mathews, Susan Fournier, "The Numbers in Daniel 12:11-12: Rounded Pythagorean Plane Numbers?" The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2001.
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  • McGarry, Eugene P., "The Ambidextrous Angel (Daniel 12:7 and Deuteronomy 32:40): Inner-biblical Exegesis and Textual Criticism in Counterpoint," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005.
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  • Redditt, Paul L., "Calculating the 'Times': Daniel 12:5-13," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1998.
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  • Weitzman, Steven, "Plotting Antiochus's Persecution," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
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  • Wolters, Al, "ZOHAR HARAQIA (Daniel 12.3) and Halley's Comet," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1994.
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