Is Daniel the prophet a contemporary to Queen Esther?

"Ahasuerus" is the Hebrew version of Xerxes. The first Xerxes was in power from 486 to 465 BCE. That is the time that Esther is set. The Book of Daniel is set during the Babylonian captivity, ~600 BCE to 538 BCE. read more

Neither one existed. The book of Daniel was written in 165 B.C.E. The writer pretended to be writing it five centuries earlier. That’s like a 21st. century author pretending to be a contemporary of King Henry VIII. read more

Daniel is a bifid book, in Daniel the apocalyptic comes at the end. Zachariah is a bifid book, in Zachariah the apocalyptic comes at the beginning. There is no special thing in the way it has to be located, just be aware that it can be in either place. read more