Daniel (jan 1, 618 BC – jan 1, 536 BC)
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Writer(s): Daniel
Place Written: Babylon
Writing Completed: c. 536 B.C.E.
Time Covered: 618-c. 536 B.C.E.
A prophetic book placed in the English Bible among the major prophets, immediately after Ezekiel. This is the order followed in the Greek Septuagint and in the Latin Vulgate. In the Hebrew canon, Daniel is placed in the "Writings" or "Hagiographa."
Writer
That Daniel was the writer is made evident by the book itself. It reports: "In the first year of Belshazzar the king of Babylon, Daniel himself beheld a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. At that time he wrote down the dream itself. The complete account of the matters he told." (Da 7:1) His being the writer is also apparent from the fact that chapters 7 through 12 are written in the first person.
Chapters 1 through 6 are written in the third person, but this does not argue against Daniel's writership. He took the position of an observer who was reporting what was happening to himself and others. Another Bible writer, Jeremiah, does this frequently. (See Jer 20:1-6; 21:1-3; and chaps 26, 36.) Again, Jeremiah writes in the first person. - Jer 1, 13, 15, 18; see DANIEL No. 2.
Setting and Time of Writing
The setting of the book is in Babylon, with one of its visions in Shushan by the river Ulai. Whether Daniel was in Shushan in reality or in a visionary way is not clear. The writing was completed in about 536 B.C.E., and the book covers the period from 618 to about 536 B.C.E. - Da 8:1, 2.
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