This volume covers the Book of Daniel, the last of the five books known as the Major Prophets (the others being Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Ezekiel). The twelve chapters of the book can be conveniently divided into two distinct halves. The first half - the first six chapters - are narrative. They document the story of Daniel's decades of loyal service to the kings of Babylon and Medo-Persia as a high government official. This portion of the...