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The book of Daniel is a literary rich and complex story known for its apocalyptic style. Written in both Hebrew and Aramaic, the book begins with stories of Daniel and three Jewish young men Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), and Azariah (Abednego) who are exiles among the remnant from Judea in Babylon in sixth century B.C.E. It ends with Daniel’s visions and dreams about the Jewish...

Several considerations suggest that the prayer was not composed by the person who wrote the rest of the chapter, though that does not necessarily mean that the prayer was not original to the composition. First and most obviously, the prayer is composed in a simple and elegant Hebrew style. The rest of the chapter is composed far more awkwardly. Second, there appear to be literary “seams” in vv. 4a and 21a that mark the transition between narrative
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