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 1–6, written mostly in Aramaic, and four apocalyptic visions in chapters 7–12, 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. Or "for", so Noldius giving a reason why they saw not, because or the great fear and trembling upon them either at the glimmering sight of this strange appearance, which they knew not what to make of or rather at the sound of his voice, which was so very loud and terrible: so that they fled to hide themselves Īmong the trees that grew upon the banks of the Tigris, as Adam among the trees of the garden or in some wood or forest hard by or in some caves and dens, which might be near at hand: this not only shows the confusion and consternation they were in, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, they fled with terror Īs the Syriac version but serves to confirm the truth of the vision, that it was not a mere fancy and imagination of Daniel.The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th century BC setting. The object or person described though he was not alone when he saw it, yet he alone saw it the eyes of his body and mind being quicker than the rest, the Lord strengthening and enlightening both for this was a peculiar and distinguishing favour granted to him: for the men that were with me saw not the vision Īt least not so clearly and distinctly as Daniel did they might have some confused sight of an object that appeared very terrible but, being struck with consternation, they had not presence of mind to look at it and so could neither form nor retain scarce any idea of it: or their eyes might be held, and their sight clouded or be stricken with a kind of blindness, or want of sight for a time, as the men of Sodom were or the object was of such a nature, that without special illumination it could not be seen: the like happened to Elisha's young man, who saw not the chariots and horses of fire the prophet did, and to the men that were with the Apostle Paul, ( 2 Kings 6:17 ) ( Acts 9:7 ), who these men were, that were with Daniel, is not material to know whether they were his three companions, who had been cast into the fiery furnace or the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, as Jarchi and Saadiah say from their Rabbins F18 neither of which are likely, since these, being good men and prophets, would doubtless have been favoured with the same vision: but rather they were the servants of Daniel, who waited upon him, he being now a great man in the Persian court and these men being very likely Heathens, profane and unregenerate men, were not fit and prepared to see such a vision: but a great quaking fell upon them:
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