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Book of Daniel

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Book of Daniel
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Summary

Book of Daniel is a religious text[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of religious text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,765 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: book of the Bible[3]
  • Genre: prophetic books[4]
  • Follows: Book of Esther[5]
  • Part of: Ketuvim[6], Old Testament[7], Major prophets[8]
  • Commons category: Book of Daniel[9]
  • Language of work or name: Biblical Aramaic[10], Late Biblical Hebrew[11]
  • Has part(s): Daniel 1[12], Daniel 2[13], Daniel 3[14], Daniel 4[15], Daniel 5[16], Daniel in the lions' den[17], Daniel 7[18], Daniel 8[19], Daniel 9[20], Daniel 10[21], Daniel 11[22], Daniel 12[23], Susanna and the Elders[24], Bel and the Dragon[25]
  • Inception: 200 BC[26]
  • Characters: Daniel[27], Nebuchadnezzar II[28], Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego[29], Belshazzar[30], Darius the Mede[31], Ancient of Days[32], Son of man[33], Gabriel[34], Archangel Michael[35]
  • Narrative location: Babylon[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Book of Daniel[37]
  • Commons gallery: Book of Daniel[38]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[39], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41]
  • Title: ספר דניאל[42], Daniel[43]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/daniel[44], https://judaism.stackexchange.com/tags/daniel-book-of[45]
  • Short name: Dan[46]
  • Set in period: Babylonian captivity[47]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q25689933[48]
  • Derivative work: Belshazzar's Feast[49], law of the Medes and Persians[50], The Burning Fiery Furnace[51], Susanna Bathing[52]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Book of Daniel include The it[53], a film[54], directed by Anna Zielinski[55].

Why It Matters

Book of Daniel has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

It has been cited as an influence by futurism[58], a Christian eschatology[59].

Entities named for it include The it[53], a film[54], directed by Anna Zielinski[55].

FAQs

Who did Book of Daniel influence?

Book of Daniel has been cited as an influence by futurism[58].

Related Entities

Constantius Chlorus Nebuchadnezzar II Old Testament

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Pmartinolli · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → -0200-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inception: 2. century BCE"
  2. 15d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 108
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ar', 'arc', 'arz', 'bar', 'bbc', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca
    Cathopedia article id → Libro_di_Daniele
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Cathopedia article id: Libro_di_Daniele"
  3. 4w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → l/libro-del-profeta-daniel
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14483: l/libro-del-profeta-daniel"
  4. 11w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Daniel scroll.png, Book of Daniel Belarusian Skaryna.jpg, Barther Bibel, Detail (2008-09-14).JPG +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Schematic: Daniel double chiasm.jpg, дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  5. 11w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Daniel scroll.png, Book of Daniel Belarusian Skaryna.jpg, Barther Bibel, Detail (2008-09-14).JPG +1
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 4874
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Daniel scroll.png"
  6. 16w ago · Lionel Cristiano · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Permanent duplicated item → Q25689933
    Has parts → —
    Follows → Book of Esther
    Genre → prophetic books
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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