Ancient of Days
The Ancient of Days is a character in the Book of Daniel, appearing alongside the one like a man. Parts of the text in Daniel are Aramaic and may have been changed in translation. The Septuagint reads that the son of man came as the Ancient of Days.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in the Book of Daniel, with artistic representations continuing into modern times.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- מטטרון, מיטטרון, Anubis, Avatar, Rashnu, Ancients of Days, Enoch, Son of Man, Jesus, God the Father
- manifests as
- Metatron
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The Book of Daniel displays two similar characters: the Ancient of Days and the one like a man. Parts of the text in Daniel are Aramaic and may have been changed in translation. The Septuagint reads that the son of man came as the Ancient of Days.”
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“Ancient of Days (ʿattīq yōmīn) in Judaism Metatron in Judaism”
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“In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the title Ancient of Days belongs to Adam, the oldest and earliest man, who is also identified with the archangel Michael.”
#25753 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat