The Book of Daniel is a book in the Hebrew Bible. The book tells of how Daniel, a Judean exile at the court of Nebuchadnezzar II (605 to 562 BCE), the ruler of Babylon, becomes a high government official and delivers various prophecies. The book was probably composed about 165 BCE, shortly before the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164.
The book is written partly in Hebrew and partly in Aramaic, and consists of a series of six third-person narratives (chapters one to six) followed by four apocalyptic visions in the first person (chapters seven to twelve).