Two key accusations against Antiochus IV in 1 Maccabees are that he suspended the tamid, the daily offering, and that he placed an “abomination of desolation” on the Temple altar— either a cultic object or a new, pagan altar. What does the older source, Daniel 11:31, actually tell us about these two accusations and, more broadly, about Antiochus IV’s intervention in the Jerusalem cult?Some interesting revisionist commentary on the account of Antiochus's desecration of the Temple in Daniel 11.
Some PaleoJudaica posts on Daniel 11 are here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, with links and commentary.
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