Subject Index

Boxes and figures are indicated by b and f following the page numbers.

Abednego (Azariah)

Abimelech

Abiram

Abomination of desolation

Adonai

Ahasuerus

Akkad

Alexander the Great

as four heads and wings

as leopard

as male goat

Ancient of Days

angels

conflicts and

demonic powers and

Nebuchadnezzar and

strengthening Daniel

theophany and

Antichrist

as final world ruler

making the covenant

materialism of

prophesied

Antigonus

Antiochus Epiphanes

Israel and

as little horn

persecutions by

reign of

temple desecration of

apocalyptic works

apocrypha

Aramaic

Arioch

Artaxerxes

Ashpenaz

Ashurbanipal

astrologers

Azariah (Abednego)

Baal worship

Babylon

fall of

God’s sovereignty and

Idolatry and

magnificence of

musical instruments of

Susa and

Babylonian Chronicle

Babylonian Empire

See also Babylon

Babylonian New Year Festival

Battle of Carchemish

bear, symbolism of

beast, destruction of

Bel and the Dragon

Belshazzar

Daniel’s rebuke of

death

feast of

handwriting on the wall for

Nabonidus and

temple vessel abuse by

Belteshazzar (Daniel)

See also Daniel

blessings and cursings

brick kilns

calendars

Cambyses

canonicity, of Daniel

Carchemish, Battle of

Cassander

Chaldeans

learning of

Nebuchadnezzar and

as wise men

Christian Church

church age

compassion

conscience

Cyrus

capture of Babylon

Darius the Mede and

as king of Persia

Jerusalem rebuilding and

Daniel

In lions’ den

prayers of

confession in

during accusations

preparation for

for wisdom

promotions of

training/education of

Daniel, book of

alleged inaccuracies in

apocalyptic character

apocryphal additions

authorship

canonicity

genuineness

higher criticism and

languages in

place in Scripture

as prophecy

purpose

textual problems

themes

theology

Darius

Cyrus and

Daniel and

decree of

lion’s den and

temple rebuilding and

Darius the Mede

Dathan

Decrees

of Cyrus

of Darius

of Nebuchadnezzar

deity

demonic powers

deportations

desolation of sanctuary

diaspora (dispersion after exile)

diet

discernment

divided kingdom

divine justice

doctrines

dreams and visions. See Visions and

dreams

dual resurrection

edicts. See decrees

Egypt

destruction of

kings of

Syria and

at time of the end

Elohim

enchanters

Epic of Creation

Essardhaddon

Eunuchs

Euphrates River

Eusebius (Bishop of Caesarea)

everlasting kingdom

Ezekiel

Ezra

fiery furnace

final world religion

fire

first beast

food and drink

four winds

four kingdoms

four world empires

See also Babylon; Greece; Medo–Persia; Rome

Gabriel

general resurrection

gifts/rewards

goat

God

judgment and

sovereignty of

In Daniel’s hymn

the god of fortresses

gold as Babylon

great horn

great image

Daniel’s revelation of

empires represented by

Josephus on

See also four world empires

great tribulation

Christ on

Israel’s persecution in

world religion of

the great sea

Greece

See also Alexander the Great; Antiochus Epiphanes

Gubaru

Hagiographa (the Writings)

Haman

Hamath

Hananiah, (Shadrach)

handwriting on the wall

Hebrew calendar

Hebrew language

Herald

Herodotus

Idolatry

Image. See great image

In the latter days

Inscriptions

Iraq brick kiln

Iron as Roman Empire

Israel

Jehoiakim

Jeremiah

Jerome

Jerusalem

capture

destruction

restoration

seventy years desolations

Jesus Christ

on book of Daniel

as “he” in Daniel

second coming of

Jewish calendar

Judah, captivity of

judgment

king of kings

kingdom of God

kingdoms

See also four world empires

kings of north (Syria)

kings of south (Egypt)

Korah

lake of fire

latter end

leopard

lex talionis

lion, relief of

lion representations

lions’ den

little horn

Antichrist and

As Antiochus Epiphanes

ten horns and

Lysimachus

Macedonia

Magicians

male goat

mankind, doctrine of

Marduk

Median Empire

Medo-Persia

Alexander and

In four great empires

as ram with two horns

as second beast

as second kingdom

mene

Meshach (Mishael)

miracles

Morocco lions’ dens

Moses

the most High God

musical instruments

Nabonidus

Belshazzar and

reign of

Nabonidus Chronicle

Nabopolasser

names, Daniel and companions

Nebuchadnezzar

Battle of Carchemish and

Chaldeans and

coup attempt on

decree of

dream of great tree

dream of image

Insanity of

pride and

temple vessels and

wise men and

Nebuchadnezzar II

Necho

Nehemiah

palace throne room

Parmenion

parsin

Persian Empire

See also Medo-Persia

Pharaoh

Pharaoh Necho

Philip (king)

Porphyry

postmillennial interpretation

prayer. See Daniel: prayers of

The Prayer of Azarias

premillenial interpretation

of resurrection

of time of the end

of great image

proclamations. See decrees

pseudepigraphic works

Ptolemy

Qumran manuscripts

Rabshakeh

ram with two horns

Ras Shamra (Ugarit)

Resurrection

in Daniel’s last vision

from the dead

doctrine of

dual

general

of the righteous

rewards/gifts

righteousness

Rome

Christian church and

destruction of

leg stage of image and

as fourth kingdom

as iron in image

Sabbaths

sacred temple vessels

sacrifices

saints

sanctuary desolated

Satan

Satraps

second coming

Seleucus

Seventy weeks of Israel

Christological interpretation

critical interpretation

Hebrew calendar and

historical context

non-Christological interpretation

seventy year desolations of Jerusalem

Shalmaneser III

signs and wonders

silver as Medo–Persia

sin

sixty-nine weeks

Solomon

Son of Man from heaven

The Song of the Three Holy Children

sorcerers

the stone

Sumer

Susa

Susanna

symbolism

of bear

of great image metals

of numbers

of political sovereignty

in Scripture interpretation

of trees

Tower of Babel

Trees

Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra)

Ugbaru

UIai canal

Valentinian I (Emperor)

vegetable diet

visions and dreams

watchers

winds

wine

wise men

Belshazzar and

helplessness of

Nebuchadnezzar and

world empires. See four world empires

world leaders

Xenophon

Xerxes

Yahweh

zodiacal signs