Daniel

W. Sibley Towner

Westminster John Knox Press

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Five Assumptions: 4
• Six Diaspora Stories About Daniel DANIEL 16: 21
• The Food Fit for a King: 24
• Daniel and the Vision of DeuteroIsaiah: 26
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 1: 27
• Daniel as Wise Man: 29
• The Miracle Story vv 130: 31
• The Dream Its Interpretation and the Denouement w 3149: 34
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 2: 40
• Its Cool in the Furnace Lord: 46
• The Crisis and the Conflict w 118: 49
• The Punishment the Song of the Three Young Men and the Stranger in the Flames w 1925: 53
• The Miracle and the Royal Testimony w 2630: 56
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 3: 57
• The King Goes Mad and Then Recovers: 59
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 4: 67
• Gods Graffiti: 68
• Belshazzar and Darius the Mede: 70
• The Problem vs 19: 72
• The Queen Introduces Daniel vv 1016: 73
• Daniel Indicts the King w 1723: 74
• Daniel Interprets Gods Sentence upon the King by Solving the Riddle on the Wall vv 2428: 75
• Daniel Receives His Reward and the King Receives His w 2931: 76
• Man of God Against Lions: 78
• The Conspiracy w 19: 80
• Daniels Passion w 1018: 82
• The Deliverance vv 1924: 85
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 6: 88
• Three Apocalyptic Visions and the Prayer of Daniel DANIEL 712: 91
• The Animal Allegory and the Meaning of Myth: 93
• The Historical Environment of Daniel 7: 95
• 96 The Dream Account w 914: 96
• The Host and the Books: 99
• The Dominion Is Given to One Like a Son of Man: 102
• The Interpretation of the Vision w 1522 2328: 105
• The Gospels and the Son of Man: 106
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 7: 108
• The Vision of the Ram and the Hegoat: 115
• The Vision and the Angelic Interpretation w 314 1925: 118
• The Interlude w 1518: 124
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 8: 126
• Daniels Prayer and Gabriels Message: 127
• The Setting and the Problem of the Seventy Years vv 12: 128
• The Preparations for Prayer w 34a: 129
• The Prose Prayer of Penitence w 4b19: 130
• 4fo19: 139
• The Angelic Interpretation of Daniels Perception w 2027: 140
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 9: 144
• The Final Vision and an Ominous Postscript: 147
• 1111: 151
• 239: 154
• 40124: 164
• 513: 169
• A THEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DANIEL 1012: 171
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 183

Bibliographic information

• Title: Daniel
• Author: W. Sibley Towner
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• ISBN: 0664237568, 9780664237561