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Daniel O My!: Lions and Dragons and Bulls
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Daniel O My! Lions and Dragons and Bulls is the result of years of Sunday School and Bible study.

With the encouragement of women that in reality meet more for congregational caretaking and fellowship than for austere academics, I realized that the book of Daniel could be used to both transport people back in time and yet simplify the Old Testament history. The childhood favorite stories of the fiery furnace, the writing on the wall, and the lions den can be used to search out the history and living conditions of the Jews, Babylonians, and Persians of Daniels time.

Daniel O My! is not for children. Yes, Daniel prays and has faith in God. That remains the sure foundation. However, the book explores the political machinations of the empires of an era when harems and pagan cults had great influence in those empires. The prerogative of royalty to live differently from commoners explored in the book of Daniel is a story that was told through the King James Version of the Bible by nobility in similar situations 1,500 years later under King James himself.

Daniel O My! presents a way to move forward in Bible study that can be used to include differing opinions without the polarization into hostile camps that has been too much in evidence in public discourse for too many years. The book models the lessons of most Sunday School groups: it is the relationships and not the absolutes that matter most.

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Joy Stephens Pohl

Lions and Dragons and Bulls

Daniel O My!

ISBN 978-1-64468-081-0 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64468-082-7 (Digital)

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With gratitude to my many Sunday School and Bible School teachers and the fellow students that accompanied me on my Christian Education journey.

Prologue

W hy did I write this? There are several reasons.

Worry. Concern, anxiety. I am afraid that as citizens we are losing our ability to peacefully communicate and work through differences. We have become so polarized that the extremes on either side of the political aisle at times seem to be irrational. The place that through over six decades provided the most practice in cooperative dialogue (instead of competitive debate) has been the Sunday Schools and informal Bible studies I have attended.
This is a Thank-You to all those who taught and attended the many Sunday Schools and Bible studies I frequented over many years. You made the concept of cooperative Christian communication more than a possibility: it has been a reality.
This is meant to be educational along the line of those Sunday Schools and Bible studies. The format is similar to an informal Sunday School with the verses included in the test for easy use. There is commentary on the scripture presented in much the same way the leader of an adult class presents the material. The favorite childhood stories from the book of Daniel are presented with more depth of history than is usually typical of Sunday Schools in an effort to take the reader back to Old Testament times. For many of us that often find our outlook to be between the extremes of political viewpoints, this reminder of biblical realities is an overdue message that can connect scripture to the challenges of the second millennium. The Bible is still relevant.
This is a salute and farewell to the King James Version of the Bible that I grew up with. Because of an anachronism (see chapter 3) I was motivated to research and write about Daniel more completely than I had seen done in the past. I also explain my preference for the KJV, specifically the older version from my childhood. As a bicentennial (1976) high school senior, it was a present from my church community. As we move forward, the translations have already changed, and I find myself using other Bibles more and more often. It was this version of the Bible that served many Americans from the beginning, before 1776, until 1976. Around it, many prayers for guidance and companionship were offered and many were answered. Through wars, revivals, civil movements, and depressions, the old King James Version served the American people well, and this is a tribute to that service.

part 1

His Stories

CHAPTER 1

Cultural Exchange in Ancient Times

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the kings seed, and of the princes;

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the kings palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. (Daniel 1:14)

T his is an historically verifiable event: the capture of the Jews and their exile to Babylon in the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim (c. 606 BC). Nebuchadnezzar is following the practices of warfare of his time. He is conquering and capturing a segment of the population that will be relocated to Babylon and attend his court. These captives will learn the culture of the Chaldeans: Nebuchadnezzars ruling class. Shinar is the Hebrew term for the general area of Mesopotamia: a term that endures through the possession of the area through various regimes. At this time, Shinar is part of the kingdom of Babylon.

Captivity, also referred to as exile, is not an isolated event that happened only once. It was a typical pattern of warfare of the era that happened often with regime change and to maintain regime control. There are at least three such exiles from Jerusalem to Babylon that occur under Nebuchadnezzar.

This is the dynamic of cultural exchange of the era: captured peoples learning the ways of the conqueror and the conqueror gathering information from his captives. Although in captivity, they are potentially political factions that can sometimes influence court politics.

And the king appointed them a daily provision of the kings meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. (Daniel 1: 57)

A brutal practice of the era was that the captives were often young boys, the sons of royalty and nobility that were castrated and/or had penectomies. This practice was also common, and not only in Bible lands or times. These neutered males were known as eunuchs. Besides being political assets and operatives, they were often used to oversee harems. Jewish rulers and non-Jewish rulers in Bible lands had harems and eunuchs. One example of a Jewish ruler in New Testament times that utilized eunuchs is Herod the Great.

Not limited to Old Testament times and places, the history of eunuchs is far-reaching. Imperial eunuchs persisted into modern times in some places including China. Sun Yao Ting 18581922 is the only recorded singer of these Italian castrato singers.

Were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and possibly Daniel, the heroes of our childhood Sunday School stories, eunuchs? It is certainly possible. On the other hand, it was against the law of the Jews to be castrated. Eunuchs could not enter the temple under Deuteronomical law (Deuteronomy 23:1).

Josephs enslavement in Egypt under Potiphar is a similar situation. We know that Joseph was not a eunuch because tradition teaches he had two sons. However, given Nebuchadnezzars temperament and the situation at the time of the Babylonian exile, I think it is very likely that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were eunuchs, and probable that Daniel was also.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the kings meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

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