Session 23: Daniel...Session 23: Daniel Video: • Overview: Daniel Recommended Readings from the ESV Study Bible: • Introduction to Daniel (pp. 1581–85) • Hebrew and Aramaic,

Session 23: Daniel

Video:

• Overview: Daniel

Recommended Readings from the ESV Study Bible:

• Introduction to Daniel (pp. 1581–85)

• Hebrew and Aramaic, and How They Work (pp. 2595–98)

Handouts from The Bible Project:

• Daniel Overview Poster

Handouts from Dr. Parke:

• Book of Daniel - Slides from Dr. Parke’s Teaching

• Apocalyptic Literature

Handouts from ESV Study Bible: • Chart: Rulers During the Time of Daniel

• Chart: Explicit References to Dates in Daniel

• Diagram: The 70 Weeks of Daniel 9

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Book of DanielSlides from Dr. Parke’s Teachings


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D. S. Russell, The Jews from Alexander to Herod, 219ff. “Apocalyptic is the ‘child’ of1

prophecy.”

Apocalyptic Literature

The distinction between prophecy and apocalyptic is not “black and white” because apocalyptic

derived from prophecy. Its message is a re-adaptation of the old prophetic message within a new

situation.1

Prophecy

not exclusively predictive or futuristic;

Prophecy is more forth telling (speaking

God’s word) than foretelling. The prophets

assessed the present and reflected upon the

past; their predictions were based upon this

assessment and reflection.

Prophets spoke openly.

Prophetic eschatology is rooted in history.

“Day of the Lord” was an event within time.

oral phenomena

Apocalyptic

exclusively predictive or futuristic

Apocalyptic is veiled/symbolic.

highly imaginative language

use of numbers

eschatological dualism--two aeons

1. present

2. age to come

Eschatological events were an in-breaking of

God into history and an end of history.

literary phenomena

Additional Characteristics of Apocalyptic

1. secrets revealed long ago to certain chosen men

2. pseudepigraphical

3. heavens and earth destroyed and replaced

4. elect would reign in the new age

5. teachings were in the form of visions

6. pessimistic view of the present


Rulers During the Time of Daniel From the ESV Study Bible

Babylon Nebuchadnezzar 605–562 B.C.

Nabonidus 556–539

Co-regent Belshazzar 550–539

Persia Cyrus 539–530

Darius I 522–486


Explicit References to Dates in Daniel From the ESV Study Bible

Babylon Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st year 605 B.C. ch. 1

Nebuchadnezzar’s 2nd year 604 ch. 2

Nebuchadnezzar’s reign 605–562 chs. 3–4

Belshazzar’s 1st year 550 ch. 7

Belshazzar’s 3rd year 548 ch. 8

Belshazzar’s last year 539 ch. 5

Persia Cyrus’s 3rd year 536 chs. 10–12

Darius’s 1st year 522 ch. 9

Darius’s reign 522–486 ch. 6


The 70 Weeks of Daniel 9 From the ESV Study Bible


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