between the second century B.C. and the first century A.D. (by A.D. 70). None of the texts are complete (most are mere fragments); nevertheless they possess extreme importance. Noteworthy is 1QDana because it preserves the transition from Hebrew to Aramaic in 2:4. Manuscript 1QDanb is significant since like the Massoretic Text it omits Dan 3:24–90, the interpolated materials found in the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions of the book. Manuscripts 4QDana and 4QDanb both illustrate the shift from Aramaic