When was the Book of Daniel written?
Liberal scholars date the Book of Daniel to around 170 BC, because it seems to detail the Maccabean Revolt (167-160 BC) so well. However evidence would suggest a later date. *The Book of Daniel is mentioned in the Septuagint which was written between 300-200 BC. *Jesus validates the Book of Daniel by calling Daniel a prophet (Mat 25:15; Mar 13:14). *The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus writes of the Book of Daniel being shown to Alexander the Great around 332 BC. (Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, XI, 337 [viii, 5]) *Contemporary literature such as Sirach and 1 Maccabees essentially declare that prophecy has ceased. If Daniel was written at such a late date it would have been rejected as being inspired and not included in canon. *Fragments of the Book of Daniel, found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, would place Daniel within 50 years of it's supposed origins.Specifically 4QDanc which is dated to the late second century BC. Professor Gerhard Hasel writes, "For those suppo...