
Tried to suggest it’s a fraud, written after the prophesied events occurred.īut there is considerable evidence to support Daniel’s authenticity. His book is so accurate and so specific that critics have Messiah, and the cruelty of Antiochus Epiphanes that prompted the Maccabean

Generals who divided Greece after Alexander’s death, Israel’s rejection of the His visions anticipated the reign of Alexander the Great, the four Rise and fall of four successive empires, beginning with Babylon (Daniel 7:1-8,ġ5-28). Rome also was a small city-state, and Persia was emerging on the world stage.įrom this vantage point, Daniel accurately predicted the Newly formed Greek city-states were squabbling with each other over land.

At that time, Babylon was the world’s greatest superpower, having conquered the Assyrian capital of Nineveh around 612 B.C. We should study the book of Daniel to understand its prophetic accuracy.ĭaniel lived in the fifth century B.C.
