The Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel (in Hebrew: דניאל?, Daniy'èl; in ancient Greek: Δανιήλ, Danièl; in Latin: Daniel) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It describes the events set in the exile of Babylon (587-538 BC) of the prophet Daniel, a wise Jew who remains faithful to God, and apocalyptic visions foretelling the Son of Man-Messiah and the kingdom of God.

According to the hypothesis most widely accepted by scholars, the final editing of the book took place in Judea in the Maccabean era, around the time of the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, which occurred in 164 BC. It is written in Hebrew but contains an extensive section in Aramaic (Dan 2:4-7:28). The Greek versions (the "Septuagint" and Theodotion) and the Syriac Peshitta also contain some sections absent from the Masoretic text (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men in the Furnace; Story of Susanna; Bel and the Dragon), for which a Semitic original is assumed.

(From Italian Wikipedia).