Quote:Josephus portrayal of events happening in 50AD are much more reliable than his recording of Alexander the Great's reaction to the prophecy of Daniel. Because Josephus was alive and living in that part of the world at the time the events in that quote took place.Okay, fair enough.
Quote:Also we have plenty of biographies of Alexander the Great, Rufus and Arrian being the most well known which have no mention of Alexander finding out about such a Jewish prophecy.Why do you think these Roman historians would be interested in that?
Quote:2. If you have read my previous posts I discussed how by the 1st century CE Jews in general believed that the book of Daniel was written by a person named Daniel who lived in Babylon during the Babylonian and Persian periods.I have read your previous posts- but that's not exactly what I was focussing on. For Christians, that article is working towards the proof of Jesus' inspiration, which would mean that his words were conclusive of Daniel's 530 BC authorship. What you said (certainly) doesn't absolutely prove Jesus' messiahship in itself, but my point was simply that it doesn't really help your argument because while you think you're watering the flower, you're also watering the weeds. (e.g. you're convincing yourself that you're right, and convincing us that we're right).
I'm kinda busy and don't have much time for these forums, so if you respond to this post, don't expect me to reply immediately- but I will try to get back to you sometime.
