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  • The author of the book of Daniel has been traditionally recognized as the prophet Daniel himself. While most of the book appears written by an unnamed third-person narrator, Daniel speaks in the first person in chapters 9 and 10. A reliable source for accepting Daniel as the author is Jesus, who, in Matthew 24:15, cites to prophecies spoken “by the prophet Daniel.”


  • Esther:

    • Prayer warrior
    • Community organizer
    • Beauty pageant winner
    • Ambassador
    • Babylonian queen
    • Teenager

     

    Esther is the only book in the Bible besides Song of Solomon that never mentions God by name. Instead, it uses the life and choices of its major characters to show how the God of Israel loves and cares for both the nation of Israel and a young woman and her family.