Daniel: Under the Siege of the Divine

Book, 2017, 218 pp
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Daniel Berrigan’s powerful, poetic commentary on the biblical book of Daniel brings to life a prophet who has as much to say to our hedonistic, warring world as he did to the people of Old Testament times. Continuing the series he began with Isaiah and Ezekiel, Berrigan fuses social critique, Jewish midrash, and political commentary to bring us a book of stylistic distinction and spiritual depth.

A bold and unorthodox application of the Old Testament to current political and social discourse, Daniel is not simply a book about a bygone prophet, but a powerful charge to all people of conscience. As Berrigan writes, “There are principalities of today to be confronted, their idols and thrice-stoked furnaces and caves of lions, their absurd self-serving images and rhetoric. Someone must pink their pride, decode the handwriting on the wall. Who is to stand up, to withstand?”

"These are barbed-wire words that protect truth’s heart. Who can be a more apt scribe to write such an account than Daniel Berrigan, who has walked in the ancient Daniel’s footsteps in lion’s den and prison cell?" --Megan McKenna, author, Not Counting Women and Children

"Once again, Daniel Berrigan uncovers the revolutionary mix of rage and wisdom of the biblical prophets. His meditation on Daniel shows how people of spirit and conscience can “lay siege” to the empires of today." --Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary

TypePrint
GenreBible Commentary
ExpressionGeneral Writing/Recording
TopicDaniel
AudienceAdults
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPlough Publishing House
ISBN9780874860269

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