6: Daniel in the lions' den (6:2вЂ“29 вЂ“ Median era with mention of Persia Aramaic).5: Belshazzar's feast (5:1вЂ“6:1 вЂ“ Babylonian era Aramaic).2: Nebuchadnezzar's dream of four kingdoms (2:1вЂ“49 вЂ“ Babylonian era Aramaic).

1: Introduction (1:1вЂ“21 вЂ“ set in the Babylonian era, written in Hebrew).

The following outline is provided by Collins in his commentary on Daniel:

Various suggestions have been made by scholars to explain the fact that the genre division does not coincide with the other two, but it appears that the language division and concentric structure of chapters 2вЂ“6 are artificial literary devices designed to bind the two halves of the book together. The division is reinforced by the chiastic arrangement of the Aramaic chapters (see below), and by a chronological progression in chapters 1вЂ“6 from Babylonian to Median rule, and from Babylonian to Persian rule in chapters 7вЂ“12. The Book of Daniel is divided between the court tales of chapters 1вЂ“6 and the apocalyptic visions of 7вЂ“12, and between the Hebrew of chapters 1 and 8вЂ“12 and the Aramaic of chapters 2вЂ“7. Nebuchadnezzar's dream: the composite statue (France, 15th century) Divisions The book's influence has resonated through later ages, from the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the authors of the canonical gospels and the Book of Revelation, to various movements from the 2nd century to the Protestant Reformation and modern millennialist movements-on which it continues to have a profound influence. It divides into two parts: a set of six court tales in chapters 1вЂ“6, written mostly in Aramaic, and four apocalyptic visions in chapters 7вЂ“12, written mostly in Hebrew the deuterocanonical books contain three additional sections, the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon. The Hebrew Bible includes Daniel in the Ketuvim (writings), while Christian biblical canons group the work with the Major Prophets. Ostensibly 'an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon', it combines a prophecy of history with an eschatology (a portrayal of end times) both cosmic in scope and political in focus, and its message is that just as the God of Israel saves Daniel from his enemies, so he would save all Israel in their present oppression. The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th century BC setting.

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