Alden Thompson Views
You should check out what Alden Thompson wrote on Spectrum Magazine's Sabbath School Commentary. He discusses the identity of the little horn. While I tend to be agree with those who say that the little horn represents Antiochus Epiphines, he has some good points. For example one of the reasons why it can be hard to identify which symbol represents which bad guy, is that they truely do all look the same. Here is a key quote where he extends the metaphor Opus style:But that’s also why the story turns scary here, for we can be so eager to pin the right label on horns and beasts that we forget to look in the mirror and recognize ourselves as potentially close relatives of the beast.
Alden Lloyd Thompson is a Christian theologian, author and popular speaker and seminar presenter. He is the professor of biblical studies at Walla Walla University in Washington, United States. He has published several books and hundreds of scholarly and popular level articles, and has been considered to be a leading Old Testament theologian within the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
I will admit to some bias in creating this section as Dr. Alden Thompson, Professor of Theology at Walla Walla College in the state of Washington, was one of my professors. I believe he has done some exceptional work in presenting the inspiration of scripture and also dealing with problems in understanding of the Hebrew scriptures.Dr. Alden Thompson, Professor of Biblical StudiesWalla Walla College, Washington, USA
An ordained minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Alden Thompson is a graduate of Walla Walla College (BA 1965) and Andrews University (MA 1966; BD 1967). Before joining the faculty at Walla Walla College, he pastored in Southeastern California (1967-1970). In 1974 he received his PhD in Old Testament and Judaic Studies from the University of Edinburgh. His dissertation was published by Scholars Press in 1977.
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