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...
by Wendy Widder | Aug 10, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
My newsfeed these days is checkered with horrific stories of suffering people, many of them brothers and sisters in Christ, in the Middle East. And just when I can’t imagine how it could get any worse, the next story appears. It’s horrifying. It’s heartbreaking....
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