Klaus Koch writes that the "Son of Man" is probably the archangel Michael in the Old Greek version of Daniel 7.
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- Book
- Source
- Klaus Koch Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Secondary
- Reference
Klaus Koch, "Stages in the Canonization of the Book of Daniel," in The Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception, ed. John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint, 2 vols. (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum LXXXIII,II; Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature II, 2; Leiden: Brill, 2001), 2:426-27
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- Brill
- People
- Klaus Koch
- Audience
- Reading Public
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The message of the Old Greek version differs in some important respects from the Aramaic-Hebrew version . . .Whereas in the Vorlage the eschatological Son of Man probably denotes the archangel Michael who is authorized for the coming kingdom of God by the Ancient of Days (See Collins [Daniel, 304-10]), the Old Greek identifies the coming savior with the Ancient of Days himself and apparently interprets him as the Messiah, "whose origin is from old, from ancient days" (Micha 5:2). As a consequence of this, the holy ones of chapter 7, originally angels, (Collins, Daniel, 313-17) were seen as "the holy people of the Most High" on earth (7:27).
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