Prophecies of Daniel.

[jap23]

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.

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?

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).

[Justtristo]

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?

Because out of the five major works* about Alexander the Great's life, three of them were written by Greeks Plutarch, Arrian and Diodorus. Josephus account of Alexander while after capturing Gaza going on a trip to Jerusalem to visit the Jewish temple is not present in the histories we have of Alexander the Great. Instead the accounts after the siege of Gaza have Alexander going south in Egypt. Where he visited the oracle at the Siwa Oasis, where he was proclaimed "master of the Universe" and son of Amun.

Also according to the archeological evidence Jerusalem was a village which had no fortifications and had a population of around 500 at that stage.

* We have references to countless works (now lost) by various people concerning Alexander the Great. Including those of people who knew him personally.