The Hebrew Bible includes Daniel in the Ketuvim (writings), while Christian biblical canons group the work with the Major Prophets. Ostensibly "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon", it combines a prophecy of history with an eschatology (a portrayal of end times) both cosmic in scope and political in focus, and its message is that just as the God of Israel saves Daniel from his enemies, so he would save all Israel in their present oppression. The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th century BC setting. Papyrus 967, a 3rd-century-AD manuscript of a Greek translation of Daniel
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