238 G.K. BEALE One might attempt to argue that the OG’s rendering of an explicit eschatological expression in Hebrew (“time of the end”) by only “an hour of time” in Dan 8,17 de-eschatologizes the Hebrew expression there. Such a non-eschatological nuance of “ hour ” might be further strengthened by observing that in Dan 11,35 the OG’s “time unto an hour” renders only the Hebrew “ appointed time”, and in Dan 12,1 it renders merely the Hebrew for “time” by “hour”. Such a de-eschatologizing is, however, unlikely, since the im- mediate contexts of all of the above three passages in the OG clearly delineate its eschatological nature by an explicit eschatolog- ical clause that contributes such an idea to the use of “hour” (though in 12,1 this does not come until 12,4 [“seal up the book until the time of the end”]; however the mention of the last resur- rection in 12,2 is an obvious end-time reference). In particular, for example, the phrase eıv wran kairoy (“ unto an hour of time”) in ß™ ˜ 8,17 is immediately explained in 8,19 by eıv wrav kairoy syn- ß™ ˜ teleıav (“ unto an hour of the end-time”). Both of these phrases in ¥ 8,17 and 8,19 refer to the “vision” of Dan 8,9-27 in which the end- time fiend is prophesied to oppress, deceive, and corrupt the sanc- tuary of the covenant community. Likewise, kairov eıv wrav ù ß™ (“ the time is unto an hour”) in Dan 11,35 is directly preceded by ewv kairoy syntele¥av (“ until the time of the end”). The eschat- ™ ˜ ı ological nuance of wra is particularly highlighted in 11,40: wran ™ ™ synteleıav (“ the hour of the end” or “the final hour”) 16. This ¥ should not be surprising, since “hour” in 8,17.19 and 10,14 clearly has already been part of an end-time notion or directly related to such a notion. Further enhancing the end-time aspect of the phrase in 11,40 is the observation that it also appears to be synonymous with the repeated eschatological expressions elsewhere in Daniel 9–12 (OG) that use synteleia (see “end of times”, synteleian ¥ ¥ Daniel 11,45 (OG) refers to “the hour of his end” (wra thv synteleıav ™ ˜ ¥ 16 aytoy), which is identical to the phrase in v. 40, except for the pronoun “his”. ߘ This refers to the final demise of the end-time fiend in which “hour” is a spe- cific point of time within the “hour” of v. 40, which has a broader eschatolog- ical time scope that includes other end-time events such as the persecution and deception of the final opponent, the saints’ perseverance despite per- secution, and, as 12,1-3 reveals, the tribulation of Israel, her deliverance, resur- rection, and glorification.