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General Introduction to the Book of Daniel
General introduction to the book of Daniel, a major prophetic text of the Old Testament. The article lays the historical, literary, and theological foundations necessary for understanding this apocalyptic book, addressing its structure, authorship, main themes, and exegetical debates concerning its dating and reliability.
Daniel 7.1 (King James Version) :In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.Notehad: Chaldee, sawNotematters: or, wordsNoteand it: or, wherewith itNoteit raised…: or, it raised up one dominionKing James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org