Daniel (hebreo דָּנִיּאֵל; árabe: دانيال) es el profeta, autor y protagonista principal del Libro de Daniel, que se halla incluido tanto en el Tanaj como en la Biblia. En el libro de Ezequiel se nombra a cierto Daniel como una persona de excepcional sabiduría y rectitud (Ez. 14: 14, 20 y 28: 3). También aparecen mencionados otros dos personajes con el mismo nombre, a saber: Daniel, hijo de David (1 Cr 3:1 y 2 Sam 3:3) y Daniel hijo de Itamar, de familia sacerdotal, uno de los exiliados que retornaron con Esdras en 458 a.E.C. (Esd 8:2).

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("Belteshazzar" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Belshazzar.) Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל, Modern Daniyyel, Tiberian Dāniyyêl; Greek: Δανιήλ, Hebrew "God is my Judge") is the hero of the Book of Daniel. A noble Jewish youth of Jerusalem, he is taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and serves the king and his successors with loyalty and ability until the time of the Persian conqueror Cyrus, all the while remaining true to the God of Israel. Most scholars see the book as a cryptic allusion to the reign of the Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 BCE), and the broad consensus is that Daniel never existed. Six cities claim Daniel's Tomb, the most famous being that in Susa, in southern Iran, at a site known as Shush-e Daniyal. He is not a prophet in Judaism, but the rabbis reckoned him to be the most distinguished member of the Babylonian diaspora, unsurpassed in piety and good deeds, firm in his adherence to the Law despite being surrounded by enemies who sought his ruin, and in the first few centuries CE they wrote down the many legends that had grown up around his name. The various branches of the Christian church do recognise him as a prophet, and although he is not mentioned in the Quran, Muslim sources describe him as a nabi, a saintly and righteous man.

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