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The Book of Daniel is a biblical apocalypse authored during the 2nd century BC and set during the 6th century BC. [1] Ostensibly "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon", [2] the text features a prophecy rooted in Jewish history, as well as a portrayal of the end times that is both cosmic in scope and political in its focus. [1]
Contents. Daniel 1. Daniel 1 (the first chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells how Daniel and his three companions were among captives taken by Nebuchadnezzar II from Jerusalem to Babylon to be trained in Babylonian wisdom. There they refused to take food and wine from the king and were given knowledge and insight into dreams and visions by God ...
Daniel's final vision. Chapters of the Book of Daniel. Chapter 1: Induction into Babylon. Chapter 2: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream. Chapter 3: The Fiery Furnace. Chapter 4: Nebuchadnezzar's Madness. Chapter 5: Belshazzar's Feast. Chapter 6: Daniel in the Lions's Den. Chapter 7: The Four Beasts.
The "four kingdoms" theme appears explicitly in Daniel 2 and Daniel 7, and is implicit in the imagery of Daniel 8. Daniel's concept of four successive world empires is drawn from Greek theories of mythological history. [ 2 ] The symbolism of four metals in the statue in chapter 2 is drawn from Persian writings, [ 2 ] while the four "beasts from ...
Prophecy of Seventy Weeks. The Prophecy of Seventy Weeks is the narrative in chapter 9 of the Book of Daniel in which Daniel prays to God to act on behalf of his people and city (Judeans and Jerusalem), and receives a detailed but cryptic prophecy of "seventy weeks" by the angel Gabriel. The prophecy has been the subject of "intense exegetical ...
Daniel (Dn'il, or Danel) is also the name of a figure in the Aqhat legend from Ugarit. [4] (. Ugarit was a Canaanite city destroyed around 1200 BCE – the tablet containing the story is dated c. 1360 BCE.) [11] This legendary Daniel is known for his righteousness and wisdom and a follower of the god El (hence his name), who made the god’s ...
Daniel 7. Daniel 7 (the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells of Daniel 's vision of four world-kingdoms replaced by the kingdom of the saints or "holy ones" of the Most High, which will endure for ever. Four beasts come out of the sea, the Ancient of Days sits in judgment over them, and "one like a son of man " is given eternal kingship.
Daniel 8. Daniel 8 is the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel. It tells of Daniel 's vision of a two-horned ram destroyed by a one-horned goat, followed by the history of the "little horn", which is Daniel's code-word for the Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes. [1]