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ABSTRACT CF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Thesis Andrews University Department of Religion Title: AN HISTORICIST PERSPECTIVE ON DANIEL 11 Name of researcher: Frank Wilton Hardy Name and degree of faculty adviser: William H. Shea, Ph.D. Date completed: May 1983 Problem The objective of the present study was to establish a rigorous exegetical basis for a historicist interpretation of Dan 11. Method In chapter I the various claims and presuppositions of preter- ism, futurism, and historicism were contrasted. In chapter II the struc­ ture of Dan 11 was examined in terms of both chiastic and linear out­ line formats, applying the historicist principles discussed in chapter I to the text. In chapter III comparisons were made, with regard to both form and content, between Dan 11 and Dan 8-9. 1 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.