OT366 Book Study: Daniel and Its Literary and Historical Contexts introduces you to the content and structure of the book of Daniel, as well as its literary and historical contexts. Dr. Wendy Widder navigates the many interpretive issues and complexities of critical scholarship in Daniel and presents them in a fair, concise, and accessible way, providing much clarity to what can often be a mystifying book. You’ll learn how the original audience would have understood the book in light of the historical events of the time period in which it was written and see how its theological message—originally intended for the Israelites—is extended to believers today, providing hope amid the brokenness of life and highlighting God’s sovereign rule over His eternal and indestructible kingdom.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
2m
Introduction to the Book
Overview of Daniel
4m
Theology of Daniel
3m
Introduction to Hermeneutical Issues
2m
Genre: Daniel in the Hebrew Canon
6m
Genre: Daniel in the Christian Canon
2m
Author and Date
4m
Audience, Setting, and Purpose
2m
Genre
3m
Date Formulas
5m
Language: Part One
4m
Language: Part Two
5m
Daniel 1: Abstinence from Food
Introduction to Daniel 1
1m
Kings and Gods in the Ancient Near East
2m
Historical and Geographical Setting
4m
Characters and Setting
3m
The Plot
4m
Resolution and Foreshadowing
2m
Daniel 2: Nebuchadnezzar’s Statue Dream
Introduction to Daniel 2
2m
Chronology in Daniel 2
2m
Dreams in the Ancient Near East
3m
Daniel’s Doxology
4m
The Source of True Wisdom
2m
The Statue Dream
2m
The Interpretation
4m
Purpose of the Chapter
2m
Daniel 3: Fiery Furnace
Introduction to Daniel 3
5m
Narrative Features: Repetition
4m
Narrative Features: Reasons for Repetition
4m
The Decree and the Image
3m
The Accusation and the Challenge
3m
The Confession
6m
The Furnace and the Theology of Daniel 3
4m
Daniel 4: Nebuchadnezzar’s Tree Dream
Introduction to Daniel 4
5m
Nebuchadnezzar and Nabonidus
4m
Nebuchadnezzar’s Letter
2m
The Tree Dream
6m
The Interpretation: Part One
4m
The Interpretation: Part Two
3m
The Fulfillment
3m
Daniel 5: Handwriting on the Wall
Introduction to Daniel 5
5m
The Banquet and the Vessels
3m
The Handwriting on the Wall
3m
The Queen’s Speech and Belshazzar’s Speech
3m
Daniel’s Speech
4m
Darius the Mede
6m
Daniel 6: Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Introduction to Daniel 6
3m
The Setting and the Decree
7m
Accusation and Condemnation
4m
Deliverance from the Lions’ Den
3m
Doxology and Conclusion
2m
Daniel 7: Daniel’s Vision of Four Beasts
Introduction to Daniel 7
5m
Apocalyptic Literature
10m
Vision Report
3m
The Beasts
3m
Throne Room and One like a Son of Man
5m
Vision Interpretation
10m
Conclusion and Purpose of Daniel 7
3m
Daniel 8: Daniel’s Vision of Ram and Goat
Introduction to Daniel 8
3m
Report of the Vision
8m
Vision Interpretation and Conclusion
5m
The Big Picture of Daniel 2; 7, and 8
9m
Daniel 9: Daniel’s Prayer and the Seventy Weeks
Introduction to Daniel 9
2m
Historical Setting and Daniel’s Reflection on Jeremiah
7m
The Meaning of the Number Seventy
6m
Daniel’s Prayer
4m
The Revelation (Seventy Weeks)
6m
Interpretive Issue #1: Whose Word?
3m
Interpretive Issue #2: Seven and Sixty-Two Weeks
3m
Interpretive Issue #3: First Anointed One and End of First Seven Weeks
3m
Interpretive Issue #4: Second Anointed One
3m
Interpretive Issue #5: Seventieth Week
5m
Outlining the Views of the Seventy Weeks
2m
Eschatological Views on the Seventy Weeks: Messianic (Literal and Symbolic)
6m
Eschatological Views on the Seventy Weeks: Non-messianic
3m
Historical Views on the Seventy Weeks: Messianic and Non-messianic
5m
Summary and Purpose of Daniel 9
2m
Daniel 10–12: The Kings of the North and the South
Introduction to Daniel 10–12 and Spiritual Warfare