Roger Beckwith, “Early Traces of the Book of Daniel,” - Tyndale House
Roger Beckwith, “Early Traces of the Book of Daniel,” - Tyndale House
Roger Beckwith, “Early Traces of the Book of Daniel,” - Tyndale House
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TYNDALE BULLETIN 53.1 (2002)<br />
If it is <strong>the</strong> case that any hypo<strong>the</strong>sis is to be preferred to <strong>the</strong><br />
hypo<strong>the</strong>sis that <strong>Daniel</strong> foretold <strong>the</strong> persecution and death <strong>of</strong><br />
Antiochus Epiphanes in advance, <strong>the</strong>n, <strong>of</strong> course, <strong>the</strong>se ancient<br />
witnesses must ei<strong>the</strong>r be dated improbably late or <strong>the</strong> integrity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
writings must be challenged; but if <strong>the</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> predictive<br />
prophecy is granted, <strong>the</strong>n it is clear that <strong>the</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Daniel</strong>, in<br />
substantially its present form, was already known and studied (even if<br />
it had not yet attained full canonicity) in <strong>the</strong> period from about 250 to<br />
180 BC.
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