What does Daniel 8 mean?

Daniel himself has not the foggiest notion of the vision's meaning, even after the angel Gabriel has interpreted the vision for him. This is spite of the fact that ... We should begin by noting that the focus of chapter 8 is the “little horn,” just as the “little horn” is the central focus of chapter 7. read more

Daniel 8. 1 In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. 2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. read more

Daniel chapter 8 is a preacher’s nightmare. Even noted scholars hesitate to be dogmatic in their interpretation of this chapter. Daniel himself has not the foggiest notion of the vision’s meaning, even after the angel Gabriel has interpreted the vision for him. read more

Daniel 8. Daniel 8 (the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells of Daniel's vision of a two-horned ram destroyed by a one-horned goat (an allegory for the transition from the Persian to the Greek eras in the Near East), followed by the history of the"little horn", which is Daniel's code-word for the Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes. read more

Like Daniel 1:1—2:4a, Daniel 8:1 to the end of the book is written in Hebrew rather than Aramaic as in 2:4b-7:28. Thus, Daniel 8 begins a new division of the Book of Daniel. While the first chapters of Daniel have a more Gentile orientation and flavor, chapter 8 turns to a more Jewish emphasis. read more

Daniel 8 (the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells of Daniel's vision of a two-horned ram destroyed by a one-horned goat (an allegory for the transition from the Persian to the Greek eras in the Near East), followed by the history of the"little horn", which is Daniel's code-word for the Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes. read more