by Wendy Widder | Sep 10, 2012 | Aramaic, Daniel 4, The Book of Daniel
I didn’t blog. And, aside from two weeks teaching the book in Myanmar, I didn’t think about Daniel. Thus, I am in need of review. Presumably, so are you. I will resist my teacherly urge to spend the next three blog entries reviewing (especially since I’m...
by Wendy Widder | Sep 3, 2012 | Pain, Transitions
I have a favorite children’s book entitled Tuck Everlasting. It weaves an interesting tale of “what if?” What if there really was a Fountain of Youth? What if we could pick a perfect age and stop aging forever at that point? After the first couple of chapters, it...
by Wendy Widder | May 6, 2012 | Daniel 4, The Book of Daniel
Every time I teach this chapter, I have confused students. It’s not my fault – they’re confused when they come to class after working independently on the chapter. Of course, by the time they leave, all confusion is cleared away. Okay, I’m probably not that good, but...
by Wendy Widder | May 1, 2012 | Daniel 3, Daniel 4, The Book of Daniel
Look! We’re starting a new chapter! That is, we’re starting a new chapter unless you happen to be reading the Hebrew Bible…then we’re still in chapter 3, verses 31–33. In any English Bible, the same verses are in chapter 4, verses 1–3. In these three verses...
by Wendy Widder | Apr 28, 2012 | Daniel 3, The Book of Daniel
Counting to ten is not in Nebuchadnezzar’s skill set. When the king figures out that the three Jews didn’t, after all, misunderstand his command about bowing down to the golden image, his “image” changes. The narrator plays on the word “image” here, though the...
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