Daniel's Varying Presentations With One Being In Hebrew And Aramaic

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The book of Daniel presents varying presentations with one being in Greek, and the other in Hebrew and Aramaic (Tullock, & McEntire, 2012). The Greek version possesses additional information, but the Aramaic arrangement matches the setting of the book of Daniel. Additionally, in the Aramaic version the Book of Daniel is broken into two sections; the first is the story of Daniel, and other Jews lives in exile, and the second portion being apocalyptic in nature (Wilcox, 2014).

The first part of the book tells the story of Daniel and his friend's placement in the king’s court, the interpretation of the king’s vision, and God’s salvation from the fiery furnace due to refusal to worship idols (Tullock, & McEntire, 2012). However, the second portion