Debates rage around Daniel’s dating, historicity, and referents. With this focus on historical context, Daniel’s canonical context is often lost. While arguing for conservative dating and historicity, Joe M. Sprinkle focuses on how Daniel is a fulcrum for many theological themes in both the OT and NT. Daniel says much about God’s nature, his relationship with history, the heavenly host, the Messiah, the coming kingdom, and the last things. About the Author: Joe M. Sprinkle (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is a professor of Old Testament at Crossroads College in Rochester, Minnesota. He is the author of “The Book of the Covenant: A Literary Approach” and “Biblical Law…