Why do some scholars claim the 2,300 evening mornings are 1150 days?
A. Some Bible scholars have supposed that Daniel’s prophecy referred to the number of lapsed ritual sacrifices in the temple service. This view is supported by the insertion of the word “sacrifice” in Daniel 8:12-14, suggesting the main subject of the prophecy was the ritual morning and evening sacrifice. Others think the claim that 2,300 evenings mornings is 1,150 days is flawed; in Genesis 1, where the phrase “the evening and the morning” is mentioned, it is defined as one “day”. So 2,300 “evening mornings” would point to 2,300 “days,” not 1,150 days. The temple in Jerusalem was restored by Maccabeus on the anniversary of its desecration, so 1,150 days does not work out. There is no way that 1,150 days could be made to work out, either. This interpretation proposed by some scholars implies Daniel’s prophecy fails miserably. 2 Maccabees 10:5 says: It happened that on the same day on which the sanctuary had been profaned by the foreigners, the purification of the sanctuary took place,
