What do critics claim about the authorship and date of the book of Daniel?
Critics and scoffers claim the book of Daniel was written by an imposter long after the events it records had already happened, rather than by Daniel, the young Jewish captive, writing before those events occurred. They thus deny its predictive prophetic authorship and assign it a much later date.
Les explains that scoffers ridicule the book of Daniel. They claim it was written by an imposter long after the events had happened, rather than by this young Jew writing before they happened. He recalls that someone in his class once asked if he was aware of that claim. The question was whether proof could be given that they are wrong and that Scripture is right. Les immediately thought of a verse and directs listeners back to Matthew 24, while keeping their hand in Daniel.