Archive for the ‘Daniel’ Category

  • Humour in the Bible: book 27: Daniel

    Nov 2, 11 • Daniel, Humour9 Comments
    Humour in the Bible: book 27: Daniel

    Like Esther, Daniel is set in a foreign court and telling to the trials and triumphs of exiled Judeans and is packed with humour at the expense of the imperial overlords. In this podcast I’m following an article by Hector Avalos from CBQ and focusing on the repeated lists of Dan 3. For his comparison [&hellip...

  • E100-48: Daniel 6:1 – 6:28: Introducing Daniel

    Jun 23, 10 • Daniel, E100, Prophets2 Comments
    E100-48: Daniel 6:1 – 6:28: Introducing Daniel

    In this 5 minute recording I try to introduce Daniel, a book that has been placed among the prophets in Christian Bibles (following the tradition of the old Greek translation) but is not a “prophet” in the Hebrew Bible. The book contains two sorts of material, stories about Daniel, like this one “Daniel in the [&hellip...