Daniel

Daniel, a Middle High German biblical poem written c.1330 by an anonymous priest of the Teutonic Order (see Deutscher Orden). It narrates the content of the Book of Daniel, adding allegorical interpretations intended to show how the book prefigures the life of Christ and the doctrines of Christianity. The author states that his poem was written at the request of the High Master of the Teutonic Order, Luder von Braunschweig.