The first of two covering the book of Daniel, this episode looks at the brutal oppression of the Jewish people under Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Seleucid Empire through the lens of the apocalyptic vision of Daniel 10-11.

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Episode Bibliography:
John J Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
Anathea Portier-Young, Apocalypse Against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism
W. Sibley Towner, Daniel (Interpretation)