The Greek Apocalypse of Daniel is a

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pseudepigraphic text (one whose claimed authorship is unfounded) attributed to the Biblical Daniel and so associated with the

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). No

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.''Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism'', B.M. Wheeler, ''Apocalypse of Daniel'' The canonical

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has much apocalyptic imagery, and this apocalyptic-style text deals with a similar subject, describing one particular vision of Daniel regarding the appearance and activities of the

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before the Day of Judgement. The text is dated to the ninth century A.D. and is extant in three

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s, dated to the fifteenth century A.D. It was rediscovered and published at the end of nineteenth century. It should not be confused with numerous other medieval works ascribed to Daniel or to Methodius, such as the '' Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel'' of the seventh century, the '' Hebrew Apocalypse of Daniel'' of the twelfth century, or the '' Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius''. The ''Apocalypse of Daniel'' has been written in

in the

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about the early years of the ninth century AD. The original date of certain elements could be centuries earlier than that of the document as a whole.G.T. Zervos ''Apocalypse of Daniel, a new Translation and Introduction'' in ed. James Charlesworth ''The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol 1'' (1983) This text can be divided in two sections. The first one (chapters 1–7) recounts under the form of a prediction ('' vaticinium ex eventu'') the Byzantine–Arab War of the eighth century and the enthronement of

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. The remaining chapters (8-14) describe the origin and personal characteristics of the

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