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A fun article! I think a more probable understanding of the "Daniel" reference in Ezekiel is that it is same Daniel from the book of Daniel. Even if you assum

A fun article! I think a more probable understanding of the "Daniel" reference in Ezekiel is that it is same Daniel from the book of Daniel. Even if you assume that the prophecies in the book of Daniel were written retroactively 600 years later (given the accuracy of described events) it does not preclude an actual powerful person of that name being alive at same time as Ezekiel, and being the basis for later attribution. Both Ezekiel and Daniel are written covering a similar set of years. Both refer to a person named Daniel widely famous for his "righteousness". It would seem improbable that they were talking about entirely different people. Again, had a lot of fun reading that.

cess11 3y ago
On what grounds do you consider it more likely that an historical person rather than the book of Ezekiel inspired the author of the book of Daniel to use the name? How do you explain the lack of other texts about this person if he was that popular and important?
- margalabargala 3y ago
  > How do you explain the lack of other texts about this person if he was that popular and important? On the contrary, based on the linked article, it seems that there are several works of literature from the time referencing Daniel. In fact, for some languages, it appears that close to 100% of known writing samples reference Daniel (because there are only one or two examples).