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Daniel  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel)

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Daniel
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Daniel's Answer to the King by Briton Rivière
Prophet
Born7th Century B.C.
Died6th Century B.C.
Babylon (?)
Honored inChristianity
Mormonism
Islam[1]
Major shrineTomb of Daniel, Susa, Iran
FeastJuly 21 - Roman Catholicism
December 17 - Greek Orthodoxy
AttributesOften depicted in the den of the lions
Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל, Modern Daniyyel Tiberian Dāniyyêl ; Arabic: دانيال, meaning in Hebrew "God is my Judge") is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways. Through "divine wisdom" from his God, Yahweh, he interpreted dreams and visions of kings, thus becoming a prominent figure in the court of Babylon. Eventually, he had apocalyptic visions of his own that have been interpreted as the Four monarchies. Some of the most famous accounts of Daniel are: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, The writing on the wall and Daniel in the lions' den.

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