Acknowledgments -- Why we should read Daniel -- Daniel 1. 1. A matter of history -- 2. City of idols
... -- 3. A question of values -- 4. A question of identity -- 5. The resolution and the protest -- 6. The world-view of Babylon -- 7. The manner of the protest -- 8. The logical structure of Daniel -- Daniel 2. 9. Dreams and revelations -- 10. A succession of empires -- Daniel 3. 11. When the state becomes God -- Daniel 4. 12. The testimony of Nebuchadnezzar -- Daniel 5. 13. The writing on the wall -- Daniel 6. 14. The law of the Medes and Persians -- 15. The law of the jungle -- Daniel 7. 16. The four beasts and the Son of Man -- Daniel 8. 17. The vision of the ram and the goat -- Daniel 9. 18. Jerusalem and the future -- 19. The seventy weeks -- 20. The seventieth week -- Daniel 10. 21. The man above the river -- Daniel 11. 22. The book of truth -- Daniel 12. 23. The time of the end -- Appendix A: The nature of the kingdom of God -- Appendix B: Translation of the text on the Cyrus Cylinder -- Appendix C: The structure of the book of Daniel -- Appendix D: Daniel 11 and history -- Appendix E: The dating of the book of Daniel -- Questions for reflection or discussion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index -- Text acknowledgments -- Picture acknowledgments. Read More