Book Introduction
Daniel
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The Author
— A Jewish exile who rose to the highest levels of the and Persian governments while remaining faithful to God
Traditionally attributed to . The book switches between third and first person, and between Hebrew and Aramaic. Many scholars date chapters 7-12 to the 2nd century BC. Conservative scholars maintain 6th-century authorship.
500s–100s BC (debated)
Jews living under foreign empires — encouraging faithfulness when the surrounding culture demands compromise
To demonstrate that God is sovereign over all empires and to encourage faithfulness even under extreme pressure
What's It About?
is a teenage exile who gets taken to and ends up at the top of two different empires without ever compromising his faith. The first half (chapters 1-6) is all stories — lion's den, fiery furnace, the writing on the wall — young men who refuse to bend even when it could cost them everything. The second half (chapters 7-12) shifts to apocalyptic visions of empires rising and falling, culminating in the coming of one 'like a Son of Man' who receives an everlasting kingdom.
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