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  2. Étude 2 : La Peshitta

The Revelation of Daniel

  • Daniel 2 – La statue et les royaumes : quand Dieu révèle le sens de l’histoire

    Cet article analyse le rêve de Nébucadnetsar décrit dans Daniel 2, où une statue multicolore projette l'image de futurs empires. L'importance de cette vision réside dans l'émergence finale du Royaume éternel de Dieu, surpassant les royaumes terrestres.

    Daniel 2.31-35 (King James Version) :
    Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.Notesawest: Chaldee, wast seeingNotethighs: or, sidesNotewithout…: or, which was not in handsThis image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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Historical notes

  • The Peshitta

    The Peshitta is one of the oldest translations of the Bible into the Syriac language (Aramaic). Its Old Testament was translated from Hebrew in the 2nd century, and its New Testament from Koine Greek in the 5th century. Meaning 'simple' or 'common', it is the standard Bible version of the Syriac Orthodox and Catholic Churches. It plays a major role in the transmission of the biblical texts and is a valuable source for textual criticism.

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