Abstract
The many historical interpretations of Daniel are often idiosyncratic, and if read for purposes of predicting the future, always wrong. The world has not yet come to an end, despite the many who have, often very specifically, predicted its demise. To avoid such idiosyncratic readings and to reclaim the book for the use of the church requires exploring specific information about the book and its time. The purpose of this article is to give a general introduction to the classic issues scholarship has identified and struggled with in the attempt to read the book as genuinely as possible. Three specific areas will be discussed: the form of the book as we have it, the genres contained in the book, and the historical situation out of which the book was born.
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