Daniel

Chart of the Prophets of Israel and Judah

God raised up certain "prophets" who were His mouthpieces. They would speak out against their sin and idolatry and would continually warn of God's judgment. Some of the prophets spoke out in the North and some in the South, but God was faithfully warning them of certain catastrophe if they would not turn to him....

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Date of the Book of Daniel

Date - 607 BC Approximately...

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Theme of the Book of Daniel

Main Theme - The final kingdom of the Messiah...

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Type of Jesus in the Book of Daniel

Types and Shadows - In Daniel Jesus was the fourth man in the fiery furnace...

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Daniel in the Picture Study Bible

Study Bible with information, images, and notes on many important subjects from the ancient world. Archaeological notes, geographical notes, ancient documents and manuscripts, cultural notes, theological notes, articles from scholars, information about ancient history, ancient customs, ancient temples, ancient monuments, and a close look at pe...

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Hebrew Name and Meaning of the Book of Daniel

Hebrew Name - Dani-El "God is my judge"...

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Greek Name of the Book of Daniel

Greek Name - Danil (Greek form of the Hebrew)...

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Daniel the Empire Predicting Prophet

Daniel is clearly seen in the Bible as the Empire predicting prophet. He was an interpreter of dreams, and God revealed through his interpretations his plans for the kingdoms that would rise to power in world history. At that time Babylon was in power, and in fact a world governing Empire in the ancient world. But Daniel said that Babylon woul...

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The 70 weeks of Daniel

The 70 weeks in Daniel are mentioned in Daniel 9, and they refer to a prophecy of Daniel where he claims that the king of Persia will release the Jews to rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem. When he makes this decree the Jews are to begin counting, and after 70 weeks (7 year periods or 490 years) the kingdom of the Messiah will be established on...

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Author of the Book of Daniel

Daniel was the author of this book according to Jewish tradition, and this was confirmed by Jesus himself, but there has been considerable criticism about the book of Daniel because of the accuracy of the prophecies. Many claim that these had to been written after the fact, and that Daniel could not possibly have known so much detail about the...

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