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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>
  • To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Documentary Hypothesis
  • Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:20:54 -0600

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.

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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






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