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) notes the connections between Song of Songs 8:6 and Daniel 7:9-10. \u00a0The two passages are \u201cintertextual twins\u201d: <\/p>\n \u201cIn immediate succession, three times flames\/fire are mentioned, matching (in Aramaic) almost precisely the threefold (in Hebrew) mention of fiery flames in Song 8:6: (1) Dan 7:9, \u2018his [the Ancient of Days\u2019] throne was fiery flames (= resapha <\/em> , \u2018its flames,\u2019 of Song 8:6); (2) Dan 7:9, \u2018its wheels were burning fire\u2019 (= rispe es <\/em> , \u2018flames of fire,\u2019 of Song 8:6); and (3) Dan 7:10, \u201cA stream of fire issued and flowed out from his presence (+ salhebetya <\/em> ,\u2019 \u2018flame of Yah[weh]\u2019 in Song 8:6). \u00a0Thus, \u201cin canonical perspective, the \u2018flame of Yah\u2019 in Song 8:6 is none other than the fiery stream that comes forth from the enthroned Yahweh himself. The Song\u2019s flame of Yahweh thus brings us into the heavenly holy of holies.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard Davidson ( Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament ) notes the connections between Song of Songs 8:6 and Daniel 7:9-10. \u00a0The two passages are \u201cintertextual twins\u201d: \u201cIn immediate succession, three times flames\/fire are mentioned, matching (in Aramaic) almost precisely the threefold (in Hebrew) mention of fiery flames in Song 8:6: (1) Dan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-ot-song-of-songs"],"yoast_head":"\n
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