Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Hi Ron,


> > But, to answer your question, I think there is more than example of  
> >  fictional first-person narrative in the biblical corpus: Daniel 4,  
> >  and 7-12. But that may open another can of worms which I don't  
> > wish  to open. I fear you may also disagree with me on that one,  
> > leaving  us back at square one.
> You are correct, I do not agree that Daniel is a late work (Maccabean
> period, as some assert), nor that it has a fictional author.  I believe
> the author to be one Daniel, who was taken captive under Nebuchadnezzar,
> served in the Babylonian court, and who continued to serve under the
> Medo-Persians.

I think George meant to question whether Nebuchadrezzar authored  
chapter 4 or not.

James Christian

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