DANIEL & APOCALYPTIC LIT

Though often couched as "prophecy" and employing forms resembling prediction, apocalypses function in quite a different way to bring God's perspective and challenge to bear on the communities of faith that they address. The book of Daniel is examined alongside other apocalypses like 1 Enoch, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch as an incentive to covenant faithfulness based on a clear communication of God's larger purposes at work behind the scenes. Attention will also be given to the reception of Daniel and its message in Jesus' sayings and the Book of Revelation.