The Daniel Apocalypse

I. Daniel in Historical and Literary Perspective

A. Date and Place:

1. Fictional: The Exile in Babylon

2. Actual: Circa 165 B.C.E. in Jerusalem

B. Historical Situation (early 2d Cent. B.C.E.)

C. Literary and Rhetorical Structure of a Wisdom Apocalypse

1. Legends of Daniel the Wise Man (chaps. 1-6)

2. Visions of Daniel (chaps. 7-12)

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