Le LXX settimane di Daniele e le date Messianiche

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Le LXX settimane di Daniele e le date Messianiche (The Seventy Weeks of Daniel and the Messianic Date) is a work by Francesco Borgongini-Duca, a cardinal and Vatican dignitary. The book, published in 1951, uses interpretations of the Book of Daniel from the Old Testament to fix the date of Jesus Christ's crucifixion as April 7, 30 CE. The Book of Daniel itself contains stories and visions set against the backdrop of the Babylonian Exile, but scholars generally date its composition to the 2nd century BCE, during a period of persecution for the Jews under Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The book's apocalyptic nature offers a perspective on history, anticipating God's ultimate triumph and the establishment of His kingdom.123

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Francesco Borgongini-Duca
His Le LXX settimane di Daniele e le date Messianiche (1951; “The Seventy Weeks of Daniel and the Messianic Date”) fixed the date of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion as April 7, ad 30.
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His Le LXX settimane di Daniele e le date Messianiche (1951; “The Seventy Weeks of Daniel and the Messianic Date”) fixed the date of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion as April 7, ad 30.
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