Dr. Naama Golan is a Lecturer in the Department of Biblical Studies, Kibbutzim College of Education and Herzog College. She received her Ph.D. in Bible from Bar Ilan University, where she wrote on The Daniel Narratives: A Literary Analysis of Daniel 1-6. She has published a number of articles on Daniel, including "Metal and Stone: An Analogy between the Story of David and Goliath and the Story of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream" (ZAW 2019), and "The Surprise and the Role reversal in the Lion's-Den Narrative" (Beit Mikra 2019).
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September 6, 2020
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Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a statue made of four metals in Daniel 2 was composed using Persian and Greek historiographic imagery. The crushing of the statue by a stone mountain alludes to the story of the golden calf, and is a message of hope to the Judeans that God will eventually crush their Greek oppressors.
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a statue made of four metals in Daniel 2 was composed using Persian and Greek historiographic imagery. The crushing of the statue by a stone mountain alludes to the story of the golden calf, and is a message of hope to the Judeans that God will eventually crush their Greek oppressors.
