{"id":51,"date":"2014-03-27T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:46:23","slug":"alan-r-millard-on-the-historical-accuracy-of-daniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/alan-r-millard-on-the-historical-accuracy-of-daniel\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan R. Millard on the Historical Accuracy of Daniel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/41T0IjljruL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/41T0IjljruL.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012 Crossway published an impressive collection of 21 essays defending the historical reliability of the Bible under the title <i>Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?<\/i>&nbsp;The publishers have kindly granted permission for Theology on the Web to host Alan Millard&#8217;s contribution to that volume, dealing with the accuracy of Daniel&#8217;s account of Babylon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Alan R. Millard, &#8220;Daniel in Babylon: An Accurate Record?&#8221; James K. Hoffmeier &amp; Dennis R. 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