A Song in the Furnace: The Message of the Book of Daniel

by Lawrence R. Farley

Publisher:

Ancient Faith

, 2018

Overview

The Book of Daniel should be read with the eyes of a child. It’s a book of wonders and extremes—mad kings, baffling dreams with gifted interpreters, breathtaking deliverances, astounding prophecies—with even what may be the world’s first detective stories added in for good measure. To argue over the book’s historicity, as scholars have done for centuries, is to miss the point. In A Song in the Furnace, Fr. Lawrence Farley reveals all the wonders of this unique book to the receptive eye.

Key Features

• Emphasizes the wonder and mystery of the story of Daniel
• Challenges readers to examine this book with fresh eyes
• Introduces a message from Daniel that is still relevant today

Contents

• Part I: Daniel and His Friends Come to the King’s Court in Babylon
  • Daniel 1: Entering the King’s Service
• Part II: The Adventures of Daniel and His Friends at the King’s Court
  • Daniel 2: Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
  • Daniel 3: Nebuchadnezzar’s Furnace
  • Additions to the Book of Daniel: The Prayer of Azariah and the Hymn of the Three Young Men
  • Daniel 4: The King’s Madness
  • Daniel 5: The Writing on the Wall
  • Daniel 6: Daniel in the Den
• Part III: The Visions of Daniel at the King’s Court
  • Daniel 7: The Vision of the Four Beasts and the Man
  • Daniel 8: The Vision of the Ram and the He-goat
  • Daniel 9: The Vision of the Seventy Weeks
  • Daniel 10:1—12:4: The Final Vision
  • Daniel 12:5–13: Epilogue
• Part IV: Additions and Conclusion
  • Additions to the Book of Daniel: The Story of Susanna and the Story of Bel and the Serpent
  • Conclusion: Final Reflections

Product Details

• Title: A Song in the Furnace: The Message of the Book of Daniel
• Author: Farley, Lawrence R.
• Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 248
• Christian Group: Orthodox
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Daniel

About Lawrence R. Farley

Lawrence R. Farley currently pastors St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church in Langley, BC, Canada. He earned his BA from Trinity College, Toronto, and his MDiv from Wycliffe College, Toronto. Formerly an Anglican priest, he converted to the Orthodox faith in 1985, and studied at St. Tikhon’s Seminary for two years. He has also written the Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series, The Christian Old Testament: Looking at the Hebrew Scriptures through Christian Eyes, One Flesh: Salvation through Marriage in the Orthodox Church, and Let Us Attend: A Journey through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy.