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The hostile regime that set out to annihilate the Jewish religion and culture forms the background of the Book of Daniel. Jin Hee Hans book, Daniels Spiel: Apocalyptic Literacy in the Book of Daniel, identifies the main agenda behind the creation of the book of Daniel, explaining how Daniel promotes an alternative discourse in opposition to the Hellenistic regime in the second century B.C.E. The word Spiel in the title refers to Daniels strategy of using apocalyptic language to give the people hope, as he offered them a discourse of resistance meant to keep alive their anticipation of Gods inevitable triumph over the evil regime that tormented them. Author Jin Hee Han provides modern readers with useful insights into why the Book of Daniel was created and offers clues of how it might be interpreted today.

Jin Hee Han is Professor of Biblical Studies at New York Theological Seminary, where he has taught the Bible and Hebrew for the past fifteen years. An ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA), he has written many articles in biblical studies and has spoken at numerous conferences and workshops.