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    The document discusses two schools of thought on the authorship of the Book of Daniel. 1) The Exilic Thesis holds that the book was written in the 6th century BC by Daniel himself during the Babylonian exile based on internal evidence and references to Daniel in the New Testament. 2) The Maccabean Thesis argues that the book was written during the 2nd century BC, based on the historical critical view that it describes the Maccabean revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes rather than the 6th century Babylonian exile.

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    The document discusses two schools of thought on the authorship of the Book of Daniel. 1) The Exilic Thesis holds that the book was written in the 6th century BC by Daniel himself during the Babylonian exile based on internal evidence and references to Daniel in the New Testament. 2) The Maccabean Thesis argues that the book was written during the 2nd century BC, based on the historical critical view that it describes the Maccabean revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes rather than the 6th century Babylonian exile.

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    The document discusses two schools of thought on the authorship of the Book of Daniel. 1) The Exilic Thesis holds that the book was written in the 6th century BC by Daniel himself during the Babylonian exile based on internal evidence and references to Daniel in the New Testament. 2) The Maccabean Thesis argues that the book was written during the 2nd century BC, based on the historical critical view that it describes the Maccabean revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes rather than the 6th century Babylonian exile.

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    Module 2 The Book of Daniel

    Authorship: Two schools of thought dominate history


    A. The Exilic Thesis. It is the most ancient of the two believe by both the
    Synagogue and the Church. It accepts at face value of the internal claims of
    the book that purports to have been written in the 6 th century by a Jewish
    exile named Daniel.
    1. Internal Evidences
    2. The claims: Daniel speaks in the first person : Daniel 7: 1, *:1,2;9: 2;10: 2
    3. The testimony of Jesus Christ attest to Daniel’s authorship: Matthew 24:
    15
    4. Author is well acquainted with history that is not well known to any
    other ancient writer like the existence of Belshazzar and Darius the
    Mede
    5. Findings of Archaeology support the historicity o accounts
    6. Literary Unity
    a. 2 languages: Hebrew ( Daniel 1: 1- 2: 4a, 8: 1-12: 130 and Aramaic
    ( Daniel 2: 4b-7: 280
    b. 2 sections- Historical ( 1-6) prophetic & 7-12)
    c. Chronological links- Babylon history in both sections
    d. Chapter 7 interlocks; the use of first person and third person ( 7: 1, 2)
    e. Literary pattern. It has been observed that it has a literary pattern
    know as chiasmus .
    7. Progressive parallelism
    B. The Maccabean Thesis, This is the dominant view popularized by historical
    critical scholars who believe that the book of Daniel was composed during
    the second century Jewish struggle against Hellenism propagated by
    Antiochus Epiphanes.

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