98. First Ordeal Daniel Taken to Babylon圣经文圣经文学学.pdf

Spring, 2018 The Bible as Literature (The Old Testament) The Bible as Literature by Huang Zongying (BUU Professor, Ph.D. from PKU) Week Nine (Lectures 95-104): Hero Stories Lecture 97: First Ordeal:Daniel Taken to Babylon 95. The Elements of a Biblical Hero Story 96. The Book of Daniel 97. First Ordeal: Daniel Taken to Babylon 98. Second Ordeal: Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 99. Third Ordeal: The Fiery Furnace 100. Fourth Ordeal: Nebuchadnezzar’s Second Dream 101. Fifth Ordeal: The Writing on the Wall 102. Sixth Ordeal: Daniel in the Den of Lions 103. Q A: Why was Daniel Preferred and Promoted at Court? 104. Multiple Choice Exercises for Week Nine. The Bible as Literature by Huang Zongying (BUU Professor, Ph.D. from PKU) Week Nine (Lectures 95-104): Hero Stories Lecture 97: First Ordeal: Daniel Taken to Babylon 97. First Ordeal: Daniel Taken to Babylon The Bible as Literature by Huang Zongying (BUU Professor, Ph.D. from PKU) Week Nine (Lectures 95-104): Hero Stories Lecture 97: First Ordeal: Daniel Taken to Babylon 97.1 Daniel Taken to Babylon If we read the story on the ordeals that ■ test Daniel, we will find a wholly idealized hero. The first chapter of the book is a prologue, providing the setting of the story. It gives us a particular account of the beginning of Daniel’s life, his original and education. Daniel began with the study of human learning, and was afterwards honored with divine visions. The Bible as Literature by Huang Zongying (BUU Professor, Ph.D. from PKU) Week Nine (Lectures 95-104): Hero Stories Lecture 97: First Ordeal: Daniel Taken to Babylon 97.1 Daniel Taken to Babylon ■Starting with a historical introduction (v.1-2), this chapter first presents the event that Daniel and his three friends are taken captive and are carried to Babylon (v.3-7). We then see their pious refusal