by Wendy Widder | Mar 2, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
Pictures this past week of ISIS taking sledge hammers and power tools to ancient artifacts like the magnificent winged-lion here made my heart hurt. Then this weekend I finally got around to reading a sobering article about ISIS ideology, a system rooted in the belief...
by Wendy Widder | Jan 12, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
The greatest barrier to Christianity for Jews is the claim that Jesus is God. Worshiping more than one god got them into a lot of trouble in the Old Testament, so, understandably, they aren’t interested in entertaining the blasphemy that Jesus’ divinity appears to...
by Wendy Widder | Dec 28, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 9, The Book of Daniel
We’re months away from Daniel 9 in this blog (okay, maybe even years, given the pace…), and you can be grateful for that. Trust me. One commentator has famously called the last part of Daniel 9 (Daniel’s “Seventy Weeks”) the “Dismal...
by Wendy Widder | Dec 8, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
Poor Daniel has been languishing in his beastly vision for more than a month while I’ve been doing whatever it is I do instead of blogging…Where does the time go? And more importantly, where were we…? Ah, right. The churning great sea. The “Great Sea” is a common Old...
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...
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