{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_tan_daniel_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_tan_daniel_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_tan_daniel_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/tan/daniel.htm","summary":"This is the Book of Daniel (chapters 1\u20134, truncated) from a digital Sacred Texts archive, presented not as an English translation but as transliterated Hebrew consonants from the Tanakh \u2014 the Hebrew Bible. The text follows the Jewish scriptural tradition and uses a consonantal transliteration scheme (e.g., \"NBVKDNCR\" for Nebuchadnezzar) rather than vocalized Hebrew or any vernacular rendering, making it a scholarly or liturgical resource rather than a devotional translation.\n\nThe content covers the opening narratives of Daniel: the Babylonian captivity of Daniel and his three companions (Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah), their refusal of the king's food and subsequent proof of superior health and wisdom; Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great statue destroyed by a stone, which Daniel alone interprets as a vision of successive world empires ending in God's eternal kingdom; the episode of the golden idol and the fiery furnace, where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego survive unharmed; and Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great tree cut down, which Daniel interprets as a prophecy of the king's coming humiliation and madness. The distinctive perspective throughout is apocalyptic and theodicean \u2014 a theology of Jewish faithfulness under foreign imperial power, with God repeatedly vindicating his servants and humbling pagan kings. Anyone seeking an original-language encounter with Daniel without needing a full Hebrew script font would find this useful; readers wanting a readable narrative should look elsewhere.","tags":["Book of Amos","Hebrew Bible","Tanakh"],"text":null,"title":"Daniel","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":5648}