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=Great Library=
=Great Library=
In his old age [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy I]] ceded the throne to his son [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Philadelphus]] and dedicated the remainder of his years to the construction of the Great Library of Alexandria which came to supersede the library at Pergamos. As part of this project he wrote his own history on the life of Alexander, which [[Quintus Curtius Rufus|Quintus]] prized as the "most trustworthy"<ref> Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander, 1.1, translated by J.C. Rolfe</ref> source on the history of [[Alexander the Great]].
In his old age [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy I]] ceded the throne to his son [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Philadelphus]] and dedicated the remainder of his years to the construction of the Great Library of Alexandria which came to supersede the library at Pergamos. As part of this project he wrote his own history on the life of Alexander, which [[Quintus Curtius Rufus|Quintus]] prized as the "most trustworthy"<ref> Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander, 1.1, translated by J.C. Rolfe</ref> source on the history of [[Alexander the Great]].
=in Prophecy=
Ptolemy I's repeated appearance in the prophecies of [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]] have long been noted. For [[Josephus|Josephus']] telling of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great's]] arrival at [[Jerusalem]] and identification therein neccessitates that Ptolemy I's appearance in Daniel 7:6,17; furthermore in Daniel 8:8,21-22; finally the story of the Ptolemy I is again told Daniel 11:4-5 as noted in [[Commentary: Daniel 11, Anthony's Historicist Study Aid|Anthony's Study Aid]].
=Further Study=
=Further Study=