Criteria for Determining the Common Basis in the Greek Versions of Daniel

This study acknowledges the pivotal role that the criterion of common basis plays for both the adherents and the critics of the theory that Th-Dan is a revision. In order to diminish the force and number of the distinctive agreements that affirm the common basis in the Greek versions of Daniel, critics often cast suspicion on their relevance by either underscoring the corrupt character of OG-Dan in comparison with readings from Th-Dan or by assessing them as questionable, with the direction of dependence unclear. At variance with such methodological strategies, this study expands the stock of significant agreements by adducing ten examples that are free of textual corruption and unequivocally represent borrowing of Th-Dan from OG-Dan.