The Book of Daniel has traditionally been considered an amazing prophecy, as it was supposedly written around the 6th century BCE, but predicted events that would come to pass centuries later. In this video, we examine the dating of the writing of the Book of Daniel exactly how old is 'old', and was it written before the events it predicts, or after they had already taken place?

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