{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_dan_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_dan_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_dan_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/web/dan.htm","summary":"This is the opening chapters of the biblical Book of Daniel, a prophetic-apocalyptic text from the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The narrative follows Daniel and three companions \u2014 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah \u2014 Jewish youths taken captive to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar, who maintain their religious identity (refusing the king's food, staying faithful to their God) while rising to prominence in the Babylonian court. A central episode involves Daniel interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great statue made of diminishing metals, which he explains as a succession of world empires that will ultimately be supplanted by an eternal kingdom established by God. The text's distinctive theological claim is that the God of Israel sovereignly controls history and human kingship \u2014 \"he removes kings and sets up kings\" \u2014 and that faithfulness to this God, even under foreign imperial pressure, will be vindicated. The included passage also begins the fiery furnace narrative (chapter 3), in which the three companions refuse to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden idol. Readers drawn to apocalyptic literature, ancient Near Eastern court narratives, or the theology of exile and resistance will find this foundational; those seeking the famous later visions (the four beasts, the Son of Man) should read further into the book.","tags":["English Bible Translations","Modern Bible Translations","New Testament"],"text":null,"title":"World English Bible: Daniel","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":11809}