Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>]

Rolf,


> I am not aware of any historical difficulties in Daniel that would
> falsify any prediction of the hypothesis. The only problem is "Darius
> the Mede". But we know very, very little about the last days of the
> Neo-Babylonian Enpire and the beginning of the Achaemenid Empire, and
> there are some candidates for this king.
>
> ---
>
> I must say I am very, very surprised to read this. There are numerous 
> historical difficulties with Daniel. And contrary to your claim, we know 
> quite a lot about the last days of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. We have 
> documents aplenty. And the difficulties are not limited to Darius the Mede. 
> And even if they were, your position above sounds quite evasive.
>   

HH: An older piece of writing by Donald J. Wiseman, "Some Historical 
Problems in the Book of Daniel," speaks to these issues in support of 
your viewpoint:

http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/daniel_wiseman.pdf

Yours,
Harold Holmyard