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The book of Daniel presents a God who is there and is not silent. Joe M. Sprinkle connects Daniel with the biblical story. Debates rage around Daniel’s dating, historicity, and referents. With this focus on historical context, Daniel’s canonical context is often lost. While arguing for conservative dating and historicity, Sprinkle focuses on how Daniel is a fulcrum for many theological themes in...

The book of Daniel tells the story of a certain Jewish man named Daniel and his companions Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (later known as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) who were taken to Babylon “in the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah” (1:1; roughly 605 BC, see below). The exile of Daniel and his friends occurred some years before the exile of other Jews to Babylon. The exile of King Jehoiachin (Jehoiakim’s son) and his entourage occurred in
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