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Teaching from Daniel can easily veer in two equally unhelpful directions: moralism and speculative intrigue. Ronald Pierce steers us away from the distractions and moves us toward the main point of Daniel: God’s sovereign control over people, rulers, and history, even while his people endure suffering. God does not abandon his faithful servants. He holds the wicked accountable, and his kingdom...

Such a view has been the long-standing tradition of Jews (Josephus, Ant. 10.11.7, first century AD) and Christians (Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, fifth century AD), although the internal and external evidence does not allow for a rigid dogmatism. Moreover, nothing would be lost exegetically or theologically if Daniel were not the last, inspired editor.
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