Jeremiah = Jeremiah has been called by God to become a prophet, and the Lord's only warning of a coming doom for Jerusalem. He must attempt to make the countless sinful Kings to see reason and to follow the ways of God once again. But this is not easy. Jeremiah faces both persecution from inside Jerusalem's walls and the knowledge that the Babylonian Empire can besiege Jerusalem any day if King Jehoiakim cannot see reason. With only his extremely faithful secretary, Baruch, to directly aid him, Jeremiah must wage a quit war against sin inside of the walls of a city that has been engulfed by it.

Daniel = Daniel is a young boy who, along with his three close friends Azariah, Hananiah, and Mishael, is mocked for his belief in God. Jerusalem has been plunged into sin and these three boys find life harder every day. Suddenly, one day, Nebuchadnezzar invades Jerusalem and Daniel and his three friends are taken captive. As they are held captive in Babylon's capitol they face countless trials and go through endless journeys in order to keep the Babylonian Kings in line.

So? Which will be more interesting in your eyes? Why?

That said, what's to keep you from using both? I've seen even first person POV books that have had multiple POV characters and they've been some of the most enjoyable.

*edit for silly spelling mistake*

If not (i.e, it will be a dramatization of the Bible story) I would be more interested in Jeremiah because I'm a little less familiar with his story, although I am quite familiar with both.

If so, I'd be most interested in whichever character/time period the most extra-biblical historical material is available for, especially if the POV of the story is someone other than the biblical characters themselves.

What I would be interested in reading is a story set in this time period from an average Jew who witnesses these things firsthand. Jeremiah's secretary Baruch would be a fascinating POV character, as well as one of Daniel's friends.

As a point of reference, I'd encourage you to read Robert Harris' IMPERIUM -- which is the story of Cicero told from the viewpoint of his secretary.

In IMPERIUM, the story of Cicero is told as seen through the eyes of Cicero's secretary.

I'm not sure if I agree that the best POV character for a story like this is the one most deeply affected by the events. We're dealing with two prophets -- two men who undergo tremendous suffering for the sake of their people and their God. These are people not easily identified with, and unless an author has a keen understanding into the religious mind, I'm not sure it's going to work all that well.

I'm also reminded of a late 1930s or early 1940s Jack Williamson story, whose title has slipped my mind, where the narrator tells the story of and adventures of his father. Though the narrator is definitely a character in the story, the viewpoint is that of his father, and the narrator simply disappears for great stretches of the story.

Does he want to write about a person's struggle to do what he believes God is calling him to do? If so, that's the story of Daniel and Jeremiah.

He can either write this story from their POV (1st or 3rd) or use, as Robert suggested, a kind of invisible 1st-person narrator -- as Doyle does in the Sherlock Holmes stories.

But Collin could ALSO tell the stories of Daniel and Jeremiah in a way where an observer, which should be a close friend, is watching them, trying to understand what's happening to their friend.

This story can be told either from a 3rd-person POV or from a 1st-person POV.

But my only point in all of this is to answer Collin's question -- I wouldn't be interested in reading a story about Daniel or Jeremiah, regardless of POV. (Which is probably what I meant to say in my first post, but didn't.)

So I think it's two stories, one Jermiah's, the other Daniel's.

Colin hasn't told us what makes his story unique, what makes it worth reading, what it brings beyond the things one can read in the Bible. Without knowing that, I don't think the POV question can be answered.

Suppose, for example, the unique factor is that Daniel realizes that Jeremiah's prophesies have been inaccurately recorded. Primary POV might then be Daniel's. Suppose Jeremiah's scribe deliberately wrote them incorrectly, and watches Daniel's mis-steps with horror. A good POV would be close third on the scribe's guilty feelings as he watches tragedy unfold.

Suppose the unique, fictional factor is that, although unrecorded in the Bible, one woman knew and loved them both. Her POV might be fascinating.

If this is two fictional accounts of Jermiah and Daniel, taken from the Bible but with speculative colour, sights and sounds added, then surely it's two stories of two prophets.