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Uncover the mysteries of Daniel with leading Old Testament scholar John Goldingay. Goldingay illuminates Daniel’s historical setting and uses it to explain the book’s prophecies. he analyzes the composition of the book, and provides a fresh translation. The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture...

way.16 The latter include a Prayer of Nabonidus, who is healed from a seven-year illness through the ministry of a Jewish exorcist and whose focus thus overlaps with that of Daniel 4.17 Two fragmentary scrolls (4Q243 and 244) apparently come from a work relating how Daniel gives Belshazzar an account of history from creation to the end of the age, which overlaps with the focus of Daniel 11.18 Another (4Q245) comprises a list of priests and kings and a promise of judgment on wickedness and of restoration.
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