Book of Daniel

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The Book of Daniel is a biblical text combining court tales and apocalyptic visions that portrays the faithfulness of Daniel in exile and offers symbolic prophecies about future kingdoms and divine deliverance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament book
apocalyptic literature
biblical book
prophetic book
canonicalStatusInCatholicism includes deuterocanonical additions
canonicalStatusInJudaism part of Writings (Ketuvim)
canonicalStatusInProtestantism major prophetic book
centralCharacter Daniel
centralTheme divine deliverance
divine sovereignty over kingdoms
faithfulness in exile
containsSection apocalyptic visions
court tales
featuresCharacter Abednego
Belshazzar
Darius the Mede
Meshach
Nebuchadnezzar II
Meshach
surface form: Shadrach
featuresEvent fiery furnace
lion's den
genre apocalypse
narrative
hasVision four beasts
ram and goat
seventy weeks prophecy
statue of four metals
includesText Bel and the Dragon
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children
surface form: Prayer of Azariah

Song of the Three Holy Youths
surface form: Song of the Three Young Men

Susanna
influenced Book of Revelation
Christian eschatology
Jewish apocalyptic literature
language Aramaic
Hebrew
partOf Bible
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
setIn Babylonian exile
Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Medo-Persian period
symbolism Ancient of Days
Son of Man
beasts representing kingdoms
theme God's control of history
perseverance under persecution
vindication of the righteous
traditionallyAttributedTo Daniel

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The Time is at Hand mainSubject Book of Daniel
Belshazzar’s Feast basedOn Book of Daniel
St Michael appearsIn Book of Daniel
young Daniel acts as advocate and judge occursIn Book of Daniel
subject surface form: Young Daniel acts as advocate and judge
this entity surface form: Book of Daniel tradition
‘attiq yomin scripturalSource Book of Daniel
Sermon to the Princes scripturalBasis Book of Daniel
Put appearsInBook Book of Daniel
Put appearsInChapter Book of Daniel
this entity surface form: Daniel 11 (textual variant / tradition)
Shushan mentionedIn Book of Daniel
Purity biblicalSource Book of Daniel
Kasdim mentionedIn Book of Daniel
יְהוֹיָקִים mentionedIn Book of Daniel
Yehoyaqim mentionedIn Book of Daniel
Susanna and the Elders basedOn Book of Daniel
this entity surface form: Book of Daniel narrative of Susanna
Susanna Thompson notableWork Book of Daniel
this entity surface form: The Book of Daniel
E. L. Doctorow notableWork Book of Daniel
this entity surface form: The Book of Daniel
James Rebhorn appearedIn Book of Daniel
this entity surface form: The Book of Daniel
Hiddekel in some historical and religious texts mentionedIn Book of Daniel
subject surface form: Hiddekel
Enochic literature relatedTo Book of Daniel
Julius Africanus subject Book of Daniel
subject surface form: Letter to Origen on the History of Susanna
Alison Pill notableWork Book of Daniel
this entity surface form: The Book of Daniel
King of Babylon mentionedIn Book of Daniel
Suzanne au bain narrativeSource Book of Daniel