![]() Thus, there may be a connection between Ezekiel’s Danel and the Danel of the Aqhat text from Ugarit (2nd millennium B.C.), an esteemed judge who protected the rights of widows and orphans. Although the name is vocalized “Daniel” by the Masoretes and by most English translations, the Hebrew spelling suggests “Danel” is more correct. A righteous and wise individual whom Ezekiel places in the company of Noah and Job (Ezek. He was a descendant of Ithamar and is possibly the same Daniel as the priest who supported Nehemiah’s covenant (Neh. 2. A postexilic priest who returned to the land of Israel in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:2). 2), he possibly died before reaching maturity or was physically or mentally incapacitated. Since he does not figure in the struggle for succession to David’s throne (2 Sam. The author of the books of Samuel remembers his name as Chileab. According to Nelson: “David’s second son, according to the Chronicler (1 Chr. In Nelson's article on the name “Daniel,” Nelson reports that Daniel is not a fairly common name as it is only used with four names as he argues from the OT. This is why some (such as Nelson) believe it to be a different Daniel. What is Daniel the contemporary Hebrew doing in the company of two non-Israelite heroes of long ago? Why does Ezekiel spell the name dn}l, rather than dny}l ?” How could a younger contemporary of Ezekiel earn the right to stand alongside traditional paragons of piety like Noah and Job within such a short period of time. will appeal to another man named Danel (no misspelling here).Įven though Block identifies Daniel as the same person from the book of Daniel (as is demonstrated in his book), he asks several questions that those who do not believe it to be the same Daniel of the book of Daniel would ask such as: “Although Ezekiel’s Daniel has traditionally been identified with the Daniel of the biblical book, this interpretation raises several questions. Those who oppose that the book of Daniel was written during the sixth century B.C. ![]() ![]() Since Ezekiel lived in the sixth century B.C., then it would be the case that Daniel lived during the same time period. When discussing the evidence for the early date of Daniel in the sixth century B.C., one of the points that is raised is this same Daniel (of the book of Daniel) was a contemporary with Ezekiel (Ezekiel 14:20 28:3).
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