Montgomery (1927: 12) comments that the MT of Daniel has an unusual amount of variation both in the K and the Q and in variant readings of the MS. Many of the variants correspond to those found in the VSS. Eight fragmentary MSS of Daniel have been identified from Qumran. The oldest of these, 4QDanc, comes from the late second century BC (Ulrich 1987: 17), and the most recent from the last phase of the occupation of Qumran in the first century
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