Literary Devices in Book of Daniel
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Ah, Babylon—the Biblical city standing for all things corrupt. But you know what? The Book of Daniel doesn't make it look that bad—we mean, aside from all the getting thrown into furnaces and l...
Genre
In the Christian Bible, Daniel is placed right after the major prophets—Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel—and right before the minor prophets. This is meant to imply that he's sort of a major proph...
What's Up With the Title?
Yeah, so… it's the dude's name—pretty logical move for the Biblical title-namers. So, the book is named after Daniel, but unlike with Isaiah and Ezekiel it isn't just a compendium of his proph...
What's Up With the Ending?
The ending to Daniel is really pretty important. It not only prophesies the liberation of the Jews from the reign of wicked and tyrannous power—particularly that noted rapscallion, Antiochus IV E...
Trivia
Daniel switches the language it's written in. Chapters 2 through 7 are written in Aramaic, the others are written in Hebrew. (Source)
According to the time frame provided by the book, Daniel would'...
Sex Drugs And Violence Rating
To be fair, there isn't all that much violence—but you can't get away with having the wives and children of the satraps get torn apart and crunched by lions in a PG-13 movie. So, yeah, it needs t...
Allusions
SusannaThe book of Susanna is from the Biblical Apocrypha, and it adds in another episode to the saga of Daniel. This time, he's a righteous wise man and judge who helps save a young woman from sex...