Prophecies of Daniel.

[Aractus]

I am serious, because the portrayal of historical events of the 2nd century CE up until 167 BC is extremely accurate. After that date the predictions the book of Daniel in does not correspond with historical events. It is obvious that the author was making a prediction of what would happen after 167 BC and that prediction turned out to be inaccurate. Every other book of the bible just does not have those features, I have described it above to date it that precisely.

Yes, but that's so unlikely in the light of the Dead Sea Scrolls that it's all but proven by the co-existence of the 7 mss of the Dead Sea Scrolls of Daniel plus the MT and the Theodotion and the LXX versions of Daniel (that's four versions that we have - two in Hebrew/Aramaic, two in Greek) that the only possible conclusion is that it had to be authored well before the 2nd century BC. This is in agreement with the textual criticism of the book. The only evidence you have for a late date - the only evidence - is that you think it's impossible that it is actually prophetic!