DANIEL

chief character of Bible Book of Daniel, shown by modern criticism to have been written during persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes, 175-64 B.C., not, as it purports to be, during Babylonian captivity. Partly concerned with prophecy, partly with life of D., it has been included in hagiographical, not prophetic, books of Bible. Some of it is written in Hebrew, the rest in Aramaic, and it has been suggested that it is a compilation from an uncompleted Aramaic trans. and a Hebrew original. It repeats Jeremiah’s prophecy of the establishment of the Me iah's kingdom, and seems intended to comfort Jews suffering under persecution of the Seleucid king. ‘The influence of Persia is strongly shown, (e.g.) in doctrine of resurrection, expre ed for-first time in Old Testament, and in system of angels among whom archangels Michael and Gabriel receive names. Identity of peeps is obscure; a Daniel mentioned ook of Ezekiel was of great importance in the early history of tho Jews, but cannot be made to agree in date; his deeds, it has been suggested, may have been confused by a writer of the time of Antiochus Epiphanes (whose narrative is full of historical errors) with those of a hero of the time of Babylonian captivity; Joseph us, pseudo-Epiphanius and Epiphanius invented accounts of the prophet. (1873), 6. in O'Fallon, Mo. Studied at Southern Illinois Normal University until 1901, was with the department of education, P.I. from 1901-5 and received S.B., from the University of Chicago in 1906; Adam T. Bruce fellow from John Hopkins, Pasteur Institute, Lille, France, 1908-9; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1909. Was instructor in zodlogy at the University of Michigan from 1910-11; was instructor in zoology at the University of California from 1911-12, also a istant profe or, 1912-17; a ociate profe or, 1917-19, and was made profe or in zoology, same, 1919. Author: Animal Life of Malaysia, 1905; also The Elosmo branch Fishes and wrote various papers on breeding of mice for scientific purposes, experimental studies on alcohol, and others.