Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #NotAPrediction

Most recents (1)

THREAD: Daniel’s Date of Composition.

Until recent times, the majority of Biblical commentators took the book of Daniel to represent the memoirs of a 6th cent. exiled prophet (named Daniel).

In recent times, however, that situation has more or less reversed.
The majority of modern-day commentators now take the book of Daniel to have been composed—or at least to have been edited/arranged in its final form—in the days of the Maccabees, in c. 165 BC.

J. J. Collins summarises the situation as follows:
Below, I outline a number of reasons why I’m not convinced by (what I’ll call) ‘the Maccabean Hypothesis’.

First though, a word or two on what the Maccabean Hypothesis (hereafter ‘the MH’) actually asserts.
Read 79 tweets

Related hashtags

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!