Old Testament · Major Prophets
Daniel
Daniel holds together court narratives about faithfulness under pressure and visions about kingdoms that rise and fall. Over all of them stands one kingdom that will not be destroyed.
- Authorship
- Attributed to Daniel, a Judean exile in Babylon.
- Historical setting
- The Babylonian and Persian courts.
- Key themes
- Faithfulness under pressure · God's sovereignty over empires · Prayer · An everlasting kingdom
- Where it sits in the story
- The Old Testament book whose imagery Revelation draws on most.
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