by Wendy Widder | Aug 2, 2023 | The Book of Daniel
“A broadly inclusive, evangelical commentary on Daniel that at the same time engages respectfully and thoroughly the critical issues without partisanship, argument, or accusation. This is one of a kind!” Ronald W. Pierce, professor of Old Testament, Talbot...
by Wendy Widder | Mar 20, 2023 | The Book of Daniel
During the past few months I’ve had some opportunities to revisit the book of Daniel. If you like Daniel, you might enjoy the rest of this post (and my old blog posts on the book through chapter 7). If you don’t, well, I encourage you to check out the post...
by Wendy Widder | Aug 30, 2022 | Apocalyptic literature, The Book of Daniel
When a seminary dean first approached me about teaching the book of Daniel, I was a PhD candidate desperate for cash and classroom experience. If not for these two factors, I might have turned him down. I had spent much of my adult life avoiding the book and its New...
by Wendy Widder | Aug 23, 2022 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 10, Daniel 7, Daniel 8, Daniel 9, The Book of Daniel
I’m hitting “pause” on the Psalms of Ascent series for a few weeks while I blog about a couple other things. This week, the topic is the Really Difficult Second Half of the book of Daniel…which is taking up prime space in my head these days. My...
by Wendy Widder | Nov 8, 2016 | Daniel 1
(Excerpted from Story of God Bible Commentary, Daniel, pp 58-59) The message of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream that God is the one true king is as relevant in the twenty-first century as it was when Nebuchadnezzar caught a glimpse of the ages to come. World rulers and their...
by Wendy Widder | Nov 28, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 8
I hope you have some Thanksgiving leftovers, because you’ll need them for this post. Last time we were in Daniel 8, we sorted out the geography of Daniel’s vision. This time around, we’ll sort out the history behind the vision (you might want to review the vision...
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