The complation of Book of Danial10

Thursday, August 17, 2006

The hook tells the stories of the three young men in the fiery furnace and their rescue. It also gives an account of Daniel’s ordeal in the lion’s den, how he was saved and the temporary madness of king Nebnchadnezzar,
Proofs that the Book of Daniel is canonical in its’ entirety:
The reference that Jesus made in Matthew 24:15 to Daniel’s prophecy is the greatest proof that his book is canonical.
“Therefore when you see the “Abomination of desolation”, spoken by Daniel the Prophet, standing in the Holy place, etc...”.
The Book of Daniel in its entirety- including the parts that were excluded by Protestant churches - was deemed canonical in the ecumenical councils and by the Church fathers. The Catholic and Orthodox churches versions of the Bible include these parts bnt they do not appear in the Bible Society versions of the Bible,
Strangely enough, some of the Protestant authors do refer to these parts in their writings. For example, they are mentioned in Felast famous books on theology.
These parts were found originally in the Septuagint Greek translation of the Torah which took place in the third century before Christ. They also appear in the Dead Sea Scroll, the oldest version of the Torah ever fonnd.
Clement of Rome and Clement of Alexandria were both of the opinion that the parts of the Book of Daniel referring to the song of the three Jews and the stories of Snsanna and Bel and the l)ragon are canonical.
Moreover, the early fathers referred to thcse parts in their writings, speeches and articles.
For example:
- Clement of Rome in his first letter to the Corinthians.
- Origen in his letter to Euleanns the African
- Oritimous in his letter to Enoshenous
- Saint Athanasins the Apostolic in his debate with Arms
- Kiprianous in his 40th letter and his book, “The Lord’s Prayer”
- Erinaons in his writings
- Tertlieanons in his writings
In Antiquities 10:11, Josephus, the famous Jewish historian, wrote of the greatness of Daniel the Prophet and his prophecies which were known well before the time of Alexander the Great (330 BC). He also wrote ahont Daniel’s escape from the lions’ den and the three young men from the burning furnace.
Several archaeological findings were made in places mentioned in the book of Daniel.