Book: Daniel
Author: Daniel
Date: 535 B.C., recording events between 605 and 535 B.C.
Genre: Narrative, prophecy
Summary: Like Ezekiel, Daniel had been taken to Babylon in captivity, where he was trained to serve in the courts of the king. Through Daniel's writings, we learn of God's sovereignty and control of man's history. In addition, Daniel contains some of the most well-known stories in the Bible, including Daniel in the lion's den and the three men in the 'fiercy furnace'.