RE: Prophecies of Daniel.
March 8, 2013 at 5:03 am
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2013 at 5:23 am by Justtristo.)
(March 8, 2013 at 3:35 am)Aractus Wrote: 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!
The main evidence I present for the dating of Daniel is the predictions for the future made in Chapter 11 verse 40 onwards, before that verse the predictions correlate extremely closely to what actually happen. After Chapter 11 verse 40, the events being predicted diverge wildly from actual historical events. Particularly the prediction that god would soon intervene and destroy the Seleucid empire, this would be closely followed by the resurrection of the dead. This a big reason why scholars of Daniel who aren't evangelical Christians date the writing of Daniel to the Maccabean revolt, no other book of the Bible can be dated so precisely as Daniel can be.
As far I know it the dating for the Daniel fragments found among the Dead Sea Scrolls being in the 2nd century BCE, does not conflict with Daniel being written during the Maccabean revolt.
Also I don't believe in any so-called prophecies that have been made. Because they turn out to be either prophecies made after the fact and/or they are inaccurate (often wildly so).
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