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五味谬论:「The Book of Daniel is often paired with the Book of Revelation as providing the road map of future end-time events. Many alleged prophecies in Daniel were fulfilled, but is that because Daniel was a divinely inspired seer?
Critical scholars see a more mundane explanation. Daniel might actually be a Jew from the Hellenistic period, not a person from the Babylonian court. His so-called prophecies were made ex eventu, or after the fact, so that he could pass himself off as a genuine seer. 」
回答:五味认为,但以理是活在「Hellenistic period」,如五味所言:「Scholars thus place the writings of Daniel at around 167–164 B.C.,」
这是推测!我也可以推测五味活在火星上,因为他的贴不合一般人的情理。
此外,但以理书受到很多人的攻击,因为它理面有很多预言。反基的人(包括所谓critical scholars)都质疑,但是,为它护航的人也不少。例:
「The Book of Daniel Defended」(http://www.tektonics.org/af/danieldefense.php)
而且死海古卷(在主耶稣在世上之前所抄写的)已经有但以理书(见:http://www.oc.org/big5_txt/bh0508.htm),如果是刚刚写成,未有什么权威性,爱色尼人不可能重视而抄写。
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五味谬论:「The book itself betrays more than one author. Chapters 1–6 were written in Aramaic, while chapters 7–12 are in Hebrew.」
回答:是的,但以理书是由不同语言写成的,但是,不足够证明是不同作者。正如五味的贴也用两种语言!
上边的「但以理书」文章说:「但以理書反映了成書時代的雙語文化環境。」
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五味谬论:「Daniel makes many historical errors when talking about the Babylonian period, the time in which he supposedly lived. For example, he claims that Belshazzar was the son of Nebuchadnezzar, but the Nabonidus Cylinder found in Ur names Nabonidus as Belshazzar’s actual father. Also, Belshazzar was a crown prince but never a king, contrary to Daniel’s claim.」
回答:伯沙撒(Belshazzar)是尼布甲尼撒(Nebuchadnezzar)的儿子?还是另一个人Nabonidus,的儿子?
古代家谱,有时把孙子或女婿叫儿子的。所以,有猜测,伯沙撒是Nabonidus的儿子,但Nabonidus是尼布甲尼撒女婿。而且他实在是做了皇帝。(见:The Book of Daniel Defended,http://www.tektonics.org/af/danieldefense.php)
伯沙撒曾经是crowned prince,但是根据经外历史,他生父Nabonidus曾夺得王位,他最后继承。(见:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabonidus)
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五味谬论:「In Daniel 5:30, Daniel writes that a certain Darius the Mede conquered Babylon. It was actually Cyrus the Great, a Persian and not a Mede, who overthrew Babylon.」
事实上,几乎任何圣经注释都有解释这一点,见:「「大利烏」:這個人物亦不見於聖經以外的史料中,他真正的身分尚未確定。或認為大利烏即古列(參6:28注),或認為古列〔Cyrus〕手下一名大將。但以理只說他瑪代族的後裔,六十二歲取得巴比倫,曾治理通國(6:1)。………歷史上有三個名叫「大利烏」的政治人物,他們都是波斯帝國的國王── Darius I、Hystaspes(522~486 B. C. )Darius II, Nothus(423~404)和 Darius III, Codomannus(336~331 B. C. )。他們都是波斯人而不是瑪代人。」(http://www.ccbiblestudy.org/Old%20Testament/27Dan/27CT05.htm)
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五味谬论:「Daniel did take a shot at making a real prophecy, predicting the death of Antiochus in the Holy Land. This genuine prophecy turned out to be wrong. Antiochus actually died in Persia in 164 B.C. 」