by Wendy Widder | Nov 3, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
Last night was National Turn-Back-the-Clock night, which is widely embraced by most people I know (so long as they don’t have small children at home). Hooray for an extra hour to do something (Read: sleep!)! What I can’t figure out is how, with that extra hour of...
by Wendy Widder | Oct 13, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
When I’ve taught Daniel 7 in the past, I’ve often started with some comic relief since I know what’s ahead in the chapter and the rest of the book. That comic relief looks like this: These critters (three of which are currently on craigslist sale – “lion, tiger, and...
by Wendy Widder | Sep 21, 2014 | Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
I keep thinking the next post will (finally) get us into Daniel 7. But then I think of something else that I should talk about first. Today’s “something else” is a big picture view of chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10–12. I could just have said “chapters 7–12,” but that would...
by Wendy Widder | Sep 7, 2014 | Aramaic, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
A nerdy friend once suggested I get a tattoo (wait, would this disqualify him from being nerdy?) that says “I heart Daniel,” and, from the trenches of commentary writing, I have to say Daniel is the man who gets most of my time these days. Though, let’s be clear: I’m...
by Wendy Widder | Aug 25, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
That’s not one of my most creative titles for a blog post, but at least it’s clear. No luring in disinterested readers today… We’re trying to get a handle on the strange (to us) beast that is apocalyptic literature. It might be easiest to describe it by...
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