Was Bk of Daniel written AFTER the events foretold?

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… Conclusion at the end of this article in the above link.

Now, if:

1.        We have early manuscripts from DSS that virtually require a pre-Maccabean date for their exemplar (under commonly accepted 'literary diffusion' time requirements);

2.        ALL the major pre-Maccabean literature--regardless of provenance(!)--utilize elements from  Daniel;

3.        All the "possibly" to "quite probably" pre-Maccabean literature--regardless of provenance--utilize elements from Daniel;

4.        The Maccabean and post-Maccabean works of significance--regardless of sectarian perspective--utilize Daniel;

5.        ALL of the sources closest in time, expertise, and eyewitness-access to the situation [i.e., Qumran, NT, Josephus, Rabbinics] describe Daniel's writings as prophecies of the future(NOT the past!);

6.        ALL of the sectarian groups accept Daniel as canonical;

7.        Several of the documents discussed suggest a date for Daniel around the end of the 4th/start of the 3rd century BCD;

And

8.        The most probable direction of borrowing, in each case, is FROM Daniel...

Then, isn't the discussion over? Isn't that a strong enough case to demonstrate that Daniel is at least pre-Maccabean?

These references  are what's called 'external evidence' and it vastly outweighs as historical evidence that subjective area we call 'internal evidence'. We have not settled a date for Daniel, or its character (that will be assessed in discussions of the problems associated with internal evidence [i.e., historical and linguistic considerations]), but the data we have reviewed should be recognized as being quite strong that the controlling paradigm of a late-date for Daniel needs 'adjusting'...

Where this leaves us is quite clear: ALL the external, manuscript, and literary data we have supports a pre-Maccabean date for the material in Daniel.
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Dead Men Do Bleed!(鐵齒難醫)
Chinese version below.
鐵齒十角怪獸的由來

鐵牙怪獸的由來( the origin of this beast)

鐵牙怪獸的由來:
在先知但以理的預言裡,代表羅馬帝國. 先知但以理在巴比倫王國時代就遠遠的看到羅馬帝國.
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http://www.bibleprophecytruth.com/the-antichrist/rise-of-the-antichrist
For Chinese version click this link  鐵齒十角怪獸的由來

...The Roman empire, the fourth world kingdom, is represented by a horrible monster with iron teeth and 10 horns (Daniel 7:7).

What do the horns represent?

Answer: The 10 horns represent the 10 kings or kingdoms into which pagan Rome was eventually split (Daniel 7:24). (These 10 kingdoms are the same as the 10 toes of the image described in Daniel 2:41-44.) Roving barbarian tribes swept in upon the Roman empire and carved out land niches for their people. Seven of those 10 tribes developed into the countries of modern Western Europe, while three were uprooted and destroyed.

Visigoths--Spain
Anglo-Saxons--England
Franks--France
Alemani--Germany
Burgundians--Switzerland
Lombards--Italy
Suevi--Portugal
Heruli--Rooted up
Ostrogoths--Rooted up
Vandals--Rooted up

Is the antichrist going to come from Russia, America, Africa, Asia?

Answer: No, the antichrist will rise out of a location amidst the nations of Western Europe....

Note:

1. Daniel 7:1 This chapter, in its subject matter as well as its position in the central part of the book, is to the book of Daniel what the eighth chapter of Romans is to that epistle. Next to the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah (and perhaps the ninth chapter also), we have here the most precious and prominent portion of the sure word of prophecy concerning the coming of the Messiah. The chapter is worthy of the most careful prayer and study. It is referred to directly or indirectly by Christ and His apostles perhaps more than other portions of the Old Testament of similar extent. It appears to have been regarded by the Old Testament saints in the centuries preceding the Messiah’s first advent as preeminently the “word of prophecy” (Homiletical Commentary).
2. Daniel 7:13 Notice that the four beasts of this seventh chapter of Daniel symbolize the same world kingdoms that were pictured by the images in Dan. 2, and the ten horns of the last beast correspond to the ten toes of the legs of iron (Dan. 2:41-42). Much of both prophecies has been fulfilled, and at this writing “the blessed hope” (Tit. 2:13 " while we wait for the blessed hope--the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" ) of the ages is also showing every evidence of nearing realization. Both visions portray the end of Gentile world power. View the events of the present in the light of these disclosures, and they fall into focus and make sense. The individual child of God is challenged as never before in the world’s history to let go of the trivial and the transient, and to yield himself unreservedly to Him Who is coming back to fulfill the longings of every true believer—forever and ever!