12-15-2015, 04:51 AM
In my research, there isn't much of Daniel that has been found in Qumran - a few scraps with hardly more than a few letters. Scholars who have compared say it matches the Masoretic very closely. The original LXX translation of Daniel is commonly considered to be corrupted by the translators' political beliefs. The translation by Theodotian took its place but still contains much interpretation. I don't trust LXX Daniel at all.
If Peshitta Daniel is a translation then the manuscript was different from what the Masorites had. It's extremely close but different enough to make you wish there was more effort made to find out what happened back then.
If Peshitta Daniel is a translation then the manuscript was different from what the Masorites had. It's extremely close but different enough to make you wish there was more effort made to find out what happened back then.