| | The Christian Holy Bible, received in its entirety as inspired and canonical by Orthodox and Catholic Christians, contains texts which are rejected by Protestant Christians as spurious and apocryphal additions of men. In the early Christian church all three "additions to Daniel" are quoted as integral parts of the Book of Daniel by Greek and Latin Fathers, as for example by Irenaeus (''Adversus Haereses'' IV, 5, 2f) (early 2nd century – c. A.D. 202), Tertullian (''De idolatria'' c. 18) (A.D. 160 – 220), and Cyprian (''Ad fortunatum'', c. 11) (c. 200 – September 14, 258). | | The Christian Holy Bible, received in its entirety as inspired and canonical by Orthodox and Catholic Christians, contains texts which are rejected by Protestant Christians as spurious and apocryphal additions of men. In the early Christian church all three "additions to Daniel" are quoted as integral parts of the Book of Daniel by Greek and Latin Fathers, as for example by Irenaeus (''Adversus Haereses'' IV, 5, 2f) (early 2nd century – c. A.D. 202), Tertullian (''De idolatria'' c. 18) (A.D. 160 – 220), and Cyprian (''Ad fortunatum'', c. 11) (c. 200 – September 14, 258). |
| − | Dr. John Oakes <ref>See [http://evidenceforchristianity.org/about/ About Dr. Oakes.] PhD in chemical physics.</ref> represents the view of many Christians who reject the rabbinical additions to Daniel as not inspired or reliable "for at least three reasons". | + | Dr. John Oakes<ref>See [http://evidenceforchristianity.org/about/ About Dr. Oakes.] PhD in chemical physics.</ref> represents the view of many Christians who reject the rabbinical additions to Daniel as not inspired or reliable "for at least three reasons". |
| | :1. The Jews, the arbiters of the Old Testament canon do not include them. | | :1. The Jews, the arbiters of the Old Testament canon do not include them. |