(iii) Another lesson which comes over at the beginning of the Book of Daniel and in this part of the Joseph epic is that God’s people can live a life of faith in an alien environment. They can be loyal both to God and to the state of which they are citizens as long as that state respects their religious rights. It is only when such a state arrogates God’s role and demands from its citizens a “worship” that is God’s alone that his people must call a halt and be prepared, if necessary, to suffer