throughout the apocalyptic sections of the N. T., the Parousia passages of the Gospels, 2 Th. and esp. Rev.6 Josephus presents the story of Daniel as a ‘prophet’ quite at length AJ x, 10–11. The contemporary 2 Esd. draws largely upon it. And by the final canonization of the Heb. Scriptures about the end of the Ist cent. A.D. our bk. was included without question or doubt. The bk. and those of the Chronicler are found at the end of the Canon.7 For those who defend the 6th cent. origin of the bk.
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