(May 19, 2015 at 12:42 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:In fact, Antiochus IV Epihanes in the villian in the Maccabees books and the "anti-christ" in Daniel chapter 11. He was indeed a nasty character and considered himself to be God. The rant in Zephaniah is something he might have said.
An excellent point in that it allows us to date "Daniel" to 167 BC. Everything prior to 167 happened and everything afterwards did not. Surest way to spot a fuck up.
After reading about the Selcuid Empire and Antiochus IV Ephianes I can make a strong connection between him and the pissed off God character of the Old Testament stories. A lot of the various emperors considered themselves to be gods but he went all in with his delusion, elevating himself to Zeus. He was a very bad boy and his reputation carried over into the New Testament, with the Jesus character alluding to him in Matthew 24:15-22.
If anyone has the time and inclination they should read about him because it helps to understand the stories in Bible.
