The Book of Daniel in The Bible is a perfect example of Mesopotamian Naru Literature.

Mesopotamian Naru Literature 2nd millennium BCE

https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamian_Naru_Literature/

Mesopotamian Naru Literature was a literary genre, first appearing around the 2nd millennium BCE, which featured a famous person (usually a king) from history as the main character in a story that most often concerned humanity’s relationship with the gods. These stories became very popular and, in time, seem to have replaced the actual historical events in the minds of the people.

The author would have constructed the narrative to place the events in the past in order to allow for a ‘prophetic vision’ in which the present king would come to restore peace and order to the city by bringing home the statue of the god. This form of narrative was commonplace in the genre now known as Mesopotamian Naru Literature where historical events or individuals were treated with poetic license in order to make a point.

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