Daniel

Covers Daniel 13-14

Why the apocryphal chapters of Daniel 13-14, found in the Septuagint and held canonical by Catholic tradition, read like poorly written fan-fiction — failing to match the style and characterization of the rest of the book.

Covers Daniel 1

Daniel and his friends as a model for American Christians under pagan government — quietly faithful to Yahweh and willing to compromise where they can, serving a brutal king well without ever justifying or validating his character or policies.

Covers Daniel 2

The debate over whether Daniel was written in the 500s or 200-100s BC is not simply belief versus disbelief in prophecy — drawing on Michael Heiser, the chapter 2 prophecy opens a more rational case for late dating based on Hebrew style and apocalyptic genre.

Covers Daniel 4

Why Daniel counsels Nebuchadnezzar toward righteousness and mercy but never tells him to abandon his gods — tied to the disinheritance of the nations at Babel, God judged the nations for injustice rather than for failing to worship Him, until the call to repent in Christ.

Covers Daniel 11

Whether God actually knows the future or is simply uniquely powerful to accomplish whatever He declares — and how the striking specificity of Daniel 11's prophecies, alongside questions of genre and dating, complicates that question.