Anonymous in the narrative chapters, first person in the visions. Traditionally Daniel in the sixth century BC; most critical scholars date the book to the second, during the persecution under Antiochus IV.
When
Either the sixth century or the second, and that dating is the main scholarly dispute about it.
What it is
Six court stories about staying faithful under a foreign power, then four visions of empires rising and falling.
What to watch for
Like Ezra, part of it is in Aramaic rather than Hebrew — and the join is not where the two halves divide.
If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.Daniel 3:17
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